Taylor Township is one of the fourteen
townships
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of
Union County,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2020 census found 1,516 people in the township.
Geography
Located 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
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(hamlet) of
Broadway
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Theatre
* Broadway Theatre (disambiguation)
* Broadway theatre, theatrical productions in professional theatres near Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
** Broadway (Manhattan), the street
**Broadway Theatre (53rd Stree ...
lies in the township's western midsection.
Name and history
It 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.
[A.S. Mowry, C.E., ]
Atlas of Union County, Ohio
', Harris, Sutton & Hare, Philadelphia, 1877, Pg. 20.
Government
The 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,
§503.24§505.01
an
§507.01
of the Ohio Revised Code
The ''Ohio Revised Code'' contains all current statutes of the Ohio General Assembly of a permanent and general nature, consolidated into provisions, titles, chapters and sections. However, the only official publication of the enactments of the G ...
. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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
External links
County websiteLogan-Union-Champaign Regional Planning Commission website
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Townships in Union County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio