Clinton Township, Franklin County, Ohio Explained

Official Name:Clinton Township, Franklin County, Ohio
Settlement Type:Township
Mapsize:250px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Ohio
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Franklin
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Sq Mi:1.4
Area Land Sq Mi:1.4
Area Water Sq Mi:0
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:4499
Population Density Sq Mi:auto
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation Footnotes:[2]
Elevation M:270
Elevation Ft:886
Coordinates:40.0339°N -82.9708°W
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:39-16112[3]
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:1086100
Website:https://www.clintontownship.org/

Clinton Township is one of the seventeen townships of Franklin County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 4,499 people in the township.[4]

Geography

Clinton Township consists of many scattered "islands" of land surrounded by the city of Columbus, the county seat of Franklin County.

Name and history

It is one of seven Clinton Townships statewide.[5]

Clinton Township was settled in 1800 as a rural community. At one time, a circus, the Sells Brothers Circus, operated in what today is the area of University View. In the eastern part of the township, what is now Cleveland Avenue was once known as Harbor Street. Clinton Township lost territory from the 1950s through the early 1970s via annexation.[6]

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,[7] 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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2010 Census U.S. Gazetteer Files for County Subdivisions . https://web.archive.org/web/20110409195544/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/cousubs2010.html . dead . 9 April 2011 . U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division . 2 February 2011 . 18 February 2012 .
  2. Web site: US Board on Geographic Names. 2008-01-31. United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25.
  3. Web site: U.S. Census website . . 2008-01-31 .
  4. Web site: 2020 Census Data . data.census.gov.
  5. Web site: Detailed map of Ohio. United States Census Bureau. 2000. PDF. 2007-02-16.
  6. Web site: About Clinton Township . Clinton Township local government . 2006-06-08 . dead . https://archive.today/20120722114350/http://www.clintontwp-columbus.org/about.htm . 2012-07-22 .
  7. http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/503.24 §503.24