Taylor Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,516 people in the township.
Taylor Township, Union County, Ohio | |
|---|---|
 State Route 347 in Broadway | |
 Location of Taylor Township in Union County | |
| Coordinates: 40°20′52″N 83°23′34″W / 40.34778°N 83.39278°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Union |
| Area | |
| • Total | 26.6 sq mi (69.0 km2) |
| • Land | 26.6 sq mi (69.0 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,001 ft (305 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,516 |
| • Density | 57/sq mi (22/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| FIPS code | 39-76194[3] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1087083[1] |
Geography
editLocated in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:
- Claibourne Township - northeast
- Leesburg Township - east
- Paris Township - south
- Liberty Township - west
- York Township - northwest
No municipalities are located in Taylor Township, although the unincorporated community (hamlet) of Broadway lies in the township's western midsection.
Name and history
editIt is the only Taylor Township statewide, although there is a Taylor Creek Township in Hardin County.
Taylor was the last township to be organized in Union County, on December 5, 1849.[4]
Government
editThe township is administered 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 a presidential election and one is elected in the year before it. There is also a township Fiscal Officer,[5] who is elected in November of the year before a presidential election and serves a four-year term beginning on April 1 of the year after the election. Trustee and Fiscal Officer vacancies are filled through appointment by the remaining trustees.
For 2019, the elected officials (and end of term) are:
- Dennis Schertzer (2021), Trustee
- Beth Marshall (2021), Trustee
- Scott Weeks (2023), Trustee
- Tina Marshall (2023), Fiscal Officer
References
edit- ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Taylor township, Union County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ A.S. Mowry, C.E., Atlas of Union County, Ohio, Harris, Sutton & Hare, Philadelphia, 1877, Pg. 20.
- ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.