Taylor Creek Township, Hardin County, Ohio
Taylor Creek Township, Hardin County, Ohio | |
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Township | |
Countryside in Taylor Creek Township | |
Location of Taylor Creek Township, Hardin County, Ohio. | |
Coordinates: 40°33′1″N 83°40′24″W / 40.55028°N 83.67333°WCoordinates: 40°33′1″N 83°40′24″W / 40.55028°N 83.67333°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Ohio |
County | Hardin |
Area | |
• Total | 27.8 sq mi (72.1 km2) |
• Land | 27.8 sq mi (72.1 km2) |
• Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
Elevation[1] | 1,066 ft (325 m) |
Population (2000) | |
• Total | 517 |
• Density | 18.6/sq mi (7.2/km2) |
Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
FIPS code | 39-76198[2] |
GNIS feature ID | 1086269[1] |
Taylor Creek Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 517 people in the township.[3]
Geography
Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
- Buck Township - northeast
- Hale Township - east
- Bokes Creek Township, Logan County - southeast
- Rushcreek Township, Logan County - south
- Richland Township, Logan County - southwest
- Lynn Township - west
- McDonald Township - northwest
No municipalities are located in Taylor Creek Township.
Name and history
Taylor Creek Township was organized around 1833.[4] This township was named for James Taylor, Jr., an officer in the War of 1812.[5] It is the only Taylor Creek Township statewide, although there is a Taylor Township in Union County.
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 2 "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ↑ Hardin County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 16 May 2007.
- ↑ The History of Hardin County, Ohio. Warner Beers & Company. 1883. p. 578.
- ↑ Kohler, Minnie Ichler (1910). A Twentieth Century History of Hardin County, Ohio: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Principal Interests,. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 20.
- ↑ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.