YORK TOWNSHIP, FULTON COUNTY, OHIO

'York Township' is one of the twelve townships of Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,203 people in the township, 1,788 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.^[1]

Contents

Geography

Name and history

Government

References

External links

Geography

Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:

★ Pike Township - north

★ Fulton Township - northeast corner

★ Swan Creek Township - east

★ Washington Township, Henry County - southeast corner

★ Liberty Township, Henry County - south

★ Freedom Township, Henry County - southwest corner

★ Clinton Township - west

★ Dover Township - northwest corner
Much of the village of Delta is located in northeastern York Township.

Name and history

It is one of ten York 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. Fulton County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.

External links

★ County website