Country United States County Franklin FIPS code 39-63254 Elevation 277 m Local time Tuesday 5:21 PM | State Ohio Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) GNIS feature ID 1086112 Population 6,671 (2010) | |
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Weather 13°C, Wind NW at 11 km/h, 52% Humidity Area 112.9 km² (111.4 km² Land / 155 ha Water) | ||
Pleasant Township is one of the seventeen townships of Franklin County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 6,671, of whom 6,351 lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
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Map of Pleasant Township, OH, USA
Geography
Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
Parts of two municipalities are located in Pleasant Township: the city of Columbus, the county seat of Franklin County, in the northeast; and the village of Harrisburg, in the south. The unincorporated communities of Darbydale and Georgesville lie in the township's south and west, respectively.
Name and history
It is one of fifteen Pleasant Townships statewide.
In 1833, a gristmill and a saw mill operated on Little Darby Creek in the northern part of Pleasant Township.
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, 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.