An urban township is a designation of a unit of
local government
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in
Ohio
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as prescribed by chapter 504 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 ...
. Chapter 504 outlines the procedures for an Ohio
civil township
A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States that is subordinate to a county, most often in the northern and midwestern parts of the country. The term town is used in New England, New York, and Wisconsin to ref ...
to adopt limited home rule government. At least 5,000 people are required to reside in unincorporated areas of a township for that township to adopt limited home rule government. If 15,000 or more people live in unincorporated areas of a township, that township may qualify as an urban township unde
O.R.C. § 504.01(B) or (D)
List of urban townships by population
All populations are those of the
2010 United States Census
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.
Other townships include:
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American Township, Allen County, Ohio
American Township is one of the twelve townships of Allen County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 14,538 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:
* Sugar Creek Township ...
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Cambridge Township, Guernsey County, Ohio
Cambridge Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 14,570, of whom 3,935 lived in the unincorporated portion of the township.
Geography
Located in the western pa ...
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Delaware Township, Delaware County, Ohio
Delaware Township is one of the eighteen townships of Delaware County, Ohio, United States. The population at the 2020 census was 2,713.
Geography
Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:
* Troy Township - ...
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Perry Township, Columbiana County, Ohio
Perry Township is one of the eighteen townships of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census reported 16,318 people living in the township.
Geography
Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
* ...
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Perry Township, Franklin County, Ohio
Perry Township is one of the seventeen townships of Franklin County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census found 3,637 people in the township, down from 4,087 in 2000.
Geography
Most of Perry Township is now part of one of these four cities:
*Co ...
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Sycamore Township, Hamilton County, Ohio
Sycamore Township is one of the twelve townships of Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census found 19,200 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the northern part of the county, the township has been cut into three "islands" ...
See also
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List of urban townships in Ohio
References
External links
Ohio's Limited Home Rule Townships(document in PDF format)
Government of Ohio
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Urban townships
Ohio culture
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