Fulton Township is one of the twelve
townships
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of
Fulton County Fulton County is the name of eight counties in the United States of America. Most are named for Robert Fulton, inventor of the first practical steamboat:
*Fulton County, Arkansas, named after Governor William Savin Fulton
*Fulton County, Georgia
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,
Ohio
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, United States. As of the
2020 census the population was 3,147.
Geography
Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Amboy Township - north
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Richfield Township, Lucas County - northeast corner
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Spencer Township, Lucas County - east, north of Harding Township
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Harding Township, Lucas County - east, south of Spencer Township
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Swanton Township, Lucas County - southeast
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Swan Creek Township - south
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York Township - southwest corner
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Pike Township - west
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Royalton Township - northwest corner
Part of the village of
Swanton is located in southeastern Fulton Township.
Name and history
It is the only Fulton Township 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 fiscal officer,
§503.24
§505.01
an
§507.01
of the Ohio Revised Code
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. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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
External links
County website
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Townships in Fulton County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio