Porter Township, Delaware County, Ohio

Township in Ohio, United States

Porter Township, Delaware County, Ohio

Township

Chambers Road Covered Bridge

Location of Porter Township in Delaware County

Coordinates: 40°19′21″N 82°48′16″W﻿ / ﻿40.32250°N 82.80444°W﻿ / 40.32250; -82.80444
Country| United States
State| Ohio
County| Delaware
Area

• Total| 25.4 sq mi (65.7 km2)
• Land| 25.4 sq mi (65.7 km2)
• Water| 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation

[1]

| 1,109 ft (338 m)
Population

(2020)[2]

• Total| 2,194
• Density| 86/sq mi (33/km2)
Time zone| UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)| UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code| 39-64178[3]
GNIS feature ID| 1086054[1]
Website| www.portertwp.org

Porter Township is one of the eighteen townships of Delaware County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 2,194.

## Geography[edit]

Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

* Bennington Township, Morrow County \- north
* South Bloomfield Township, Morrow County \- northeast corner
* Hilliar Township, Knox County \- east
* Hartford Township, Licking County \- southeast corner
* Trenton Township \- south
* Berkshire Township \- southwest corner
* Kingston Township \- west
* Peru Township, Morrow County \- northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Porter Township.

## Name and history[edit]

Porter Township was organized in the 1820s. It was named for Hon. Robert Porter, a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who received from President John Adams a land grant in Delaware County.[4]

Statewide, the only other Porter Township is located in Scioto County.

## Government[edit]

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,[5] 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.

## Public services[edit]

Fire protection in Porter Township is the responsibility of the Porter-Kingston Fire District,[6] and emergency medical services are provided by the Delaware County EMS.[7]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
2. ^ "Porter township, Delaware County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
3. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
4. ^ History of Delaware County and Ohio. O. L. Baskin & Company. 1880. p. 575.
5. ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.
6. ^ Porter-Kingston Fire District
7. ^ Delaware County EMS

## External links[edit]

* Township website
* County website
* Community Library in Sunbury

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Municipalities and communities of Delaware County, Ohio, United States

County seat: Delaware

Cities|

* Columbus‡
* Delaware
* Dublin‡
* Powell
* Sunbury
* Westerville‡

Map of Ohio highlighting Delaware County

Villages|

* Ashley
* Galena
* Ostrander
* Shawnee Hills

Townships|

* Berkshire
* Berlin
* Brown
* Concord
* Delaware
* Genoa
* Harlem
* Kingston
* Liberty
* Marlboro
* Orange
* Oxford
* Porter
* Radnor
* Scioto
* Thompson
* Trenton
* Troy
* Washington‡

CDPs|

* Kilbourne
* Radnor

Unincorporated
communities|

* Africa
* Alum Creek
* Bellepoint
* Berkshire
* Center Village
* Cheshire
* Condit
* East Liberty
* Harlem
* Hyatts
* Kingston Center
* Leonardsburg
* Lewis Center
* Norton
* Olive Green
* Orange
* Rome
* Stratford
* Vans Valley
* White Sulphur

Ghost towns|

* Carpenter's Mill
* Coles Mills
* Cones Mills
* Edinburgh

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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