TROY TOWNSHIP, MORROW COUNTY, OHIO

'Troy Township' is one of the sixteen townships of Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,190 people in the township.^[1]

Contents

Geography

Name and history

Government

References

External links

Geography

Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

★ Troy Township, Richland County - northeast

★ Perry Township - south

★ Congress Township - southwest corner

★ North Bloomfield Township - west

★ Sandusky Township, Richland County - northwest corner
No municipalities are located in Troy Township.
The Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course is located in the township on Steam Corners Road just west of the Richland County line.

Name and history

It is one of seven Troy Townships statewide.

Government

The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to a four-year term beginning on the following January 1. Two are elected in the year after the presidential election and one is elected in the year before it. There is also an elected township clerk, who serves a four-year term beginning on April 1 of the year after the election, which is held in November of the year before the presidential election. Vacancies in the clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References

1. Morrow County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.

External links

★ County website