Taylor Creek Township, Hardin County, Ohio
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Taylor Creek Township is one of the fifteen
townships A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
of Hardin County,
Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...
, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 593.


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. This township was named for James Taylor, Jr., an officer in the War of 1812. 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,§503.24§505.01
an
§507.01
of the
Ohio Revised Code The ''Ohio Revised Code'' (ORC) 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 o ...
. 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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