Darby Township, Union County, Ohio

Darby Township, Union County, Ohio
Township
Remains of the Reed Covered Bridge
Location of Darby Township in Union County
Coordinates: 40°8′33″N 83°20′43″W / 40.14250°N 83.34528°WCoordinates: 40°8′33″N 83°20′43″W / 40.14250°N 83.34528°W
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Union
Area
• Total	31.5 sq mi (81.7 km^2)
• Land	31.5 sq mi (81.7 km^2)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km^2)
Elevation[1]	958 ft (292 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	1,934
• Density	61.3/sq mi (23.7/km^2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code	39-20170[2]
GNIS feature ID	1087075[1]

Darby Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,934 people in the township, 1,634 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.^[3]

Geography

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

• Paris Township - north
• Millcreek Township - northeast
• Jerome Township - east
• Darby Township, Madison County - south
• Pike Township, Madison County - southwest
• Union Township - west

Several populated places are located in Darby Township:

• A small part of the city of Marysville, the county seat of Union County, in the north
• The village of Unionville Center in the south
• The unincorporated community of Bridgeport, in the far west
• The unincorporated community of Chuckery, in the far southwest

Name and history

Darby Township was organized in 1820, and named after the Big Darby Creek, which runs through the township.^[4][5] The first settlers of the township were from Pennsylvania and Virginia.^[5] Statewide, other Darby Townships are located in Madison and Pickaway counties.

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,^[6] 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. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
2. "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
3. Union County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
4. Durant, Pliny A. (1883). The History of Union County, Ohio, containing a history of the county; its townships, towns ... Chicago: Beers, W. H., & co. p. 218.
5. A.S. Mowry, C.E., Atlas of Union County, Ohio, Harris, Sutton & Hare, Philadelphia, 1877, Pg. 19.
6. §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

External links

• County website