Troy Township is one of the fifteen
townships
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of
Ashland County,
Ohio
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, United States. The population was 1,101 at the
2020 census.
Geography
Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Rochester Township, Lorain County - north
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Huntington Township, Lorain County - northeast corner
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Sullivan Township - east
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Orange Township - south
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Ruggles Township - west
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New London Township, Huron County - northwest corner
No municipalities are located in Troy Township, although the
unincorporated community
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of
Nova
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is located in the center of the township.
Name and history
It is one of seven
Troy Townships statewide.
The township was first surveyed in 1806, at which time the territory was composed of thick woods, but not officially organized or named until 1835. It was named for the dog of an early settler.
Troy Township was organized as part of
Lorain County, and then it was added to Ashland County when it was formed on February 24, 1846 from portions of
Huron
Huron may refer to:
Native American ethnography
* Huron people, who have been called Wyandotte, Wyandot, Wendat and Quendat
* Huron language, an Iroquoian language
* Huron-Wendat Nation, or Huron-Wendat First Nation, or Nation Huronne-Wendat
* N ...
,
Lorain,
Richland, and
Wayne counties.
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
Township websiteCounty website
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Townships in Ashland County, Ohio
1835 establishments in Ohio
Populated places established in 1835
Townships in Ohio