Country United States County Franklin FIPS code 39-77714 Elevation 270 m Local time Saturday 3:16 PM | State Ohio Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) GNIS feature ID 1086115 Population 26,837 (2010) | |
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Weather 23°C, Wind S at 14 km/h, 47% Humidity Area 19.17 km² (18.91 km² Land / 26 ha Water) | ||
Truro Township is one of the seventeen townships of Franklin County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census found 26,837 people in the township, 1,304 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
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Map of Truro Township, OH, USA
Geography
Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following cities and townships:
Most of what was once Truro Township has been annexed by the cities of Reynoldsburg, in the east, and Columbus everywhere else, although the village of Brice is located in southern Truro Township, and several small unincorporated portions remain.
Name and history
It is the only Truro Township statewide.
Truro Township owes its name to Truro, Nova Scotia, the former hometown of the Taylor family of early settlers.
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.