Hamilton Township is one of the seventeen

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of Franklin County,

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, United States. The 2010 census found 8,260 people in the township, 4,438 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

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- north * Madison Township - east * Madison Township, Pickaway County - southeast corner * Harrison Township, Pickaway County - south * Scioto Township, Pickaway County - southwest * Jackson Township - west Most of northern and western Hamilton Township is occupied by the city of Columbus, the

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of Franklin County. The villages of Lockbourne and

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are located in the southern and northeastern part of the township respectively. Near the southeast corner of the township lies

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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
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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.

Landmarks

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, located on

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, is a

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track and the site of the

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State Cross Country Championships.

Gallery

File:Scioto Downs Building.jpg, Scioto Downs File:Hamilton Township Community Center 1.jpg, Hamilton Township Community Center File:Hamilton Township Fire Department Station 172 1.jpg, Fire Department Headquarters

References

External links

*http://www.hamiltontownshipohio.org/
County website
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