Truro Township, Franklin County, Ohio

Truro Township, Franklin County, Ohio
Township

Houses on Parkline Drive

Location of Truro Township in Franklin County.
Coordinates: 39°57′15″N 82°48′46″W / 39.95417°N 82.81278°W / 39.95417; -82.81278Coordinates: 39°57′15″N 82°48′46″W / 39.95417°N 82.81278°W / 39.95417; -82.81278
Country United States
State Ohio
County Franklin
Area[1]
 • Total 7.4 sq mi (19 km2)
 • Land 7.3 sq mi (19 km2)
 • Water 0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2)
Elevation[2] 886 ft (270 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 26,837
 • Density 3,600/sq mi (1,400/km2)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code 39-77714[3]
GNIS feature ID 1086115[2]

Truro Township is one of the seventeen townships of Franklin County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census found 26,837 people in the township, 1,304 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[4]

Geography

Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following cities and townships:

Most of what was once Truro Township has been annexed by the cities of Reynoldsburg, in the east, and Columbus everywhere else, although the village of Brice is located in southern Truro Township, and several small unincorporated portions remain.

Name and history

It is the only Truro Township statewide.[5]

Truro Township owes its name to Truro, Nova Scotia, the former hometown of the Taylor family of early settlers.[6]

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 fiscal officer,[7] 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 fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References

  1. ↑ "2010 Census U.S. Gazetteer Files for County Subdivisions". U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division. 2 February 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  3. ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  4. ↑ "Population and Household Counts for Governmental Units: 2010, 2000, 1990" (PDF). Ohio Department of Development. August 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  5. ↑ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved 2007-02-16.
  6. ↑ Kilbourn, John (1833). "The Ohio Gazetteer, or, a Topographical Dictionary". Scott and Wright. p. 445. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  7. ↑ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.
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