Porter Township, Scioto County, Ohio

Coordinates: 38°43′50″N 82°50′42″W / 38.73056, -82.845
Porter Township, Ohio
Municipalities and townships of Scioto County.
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Scioto
Area
- Township	sq mi (km²)
- Land	sq mi ( km²)
- Water	sq mi ( km²)
Elevation ³	ft ( m)
Population (2000)
- Township
- Density	/sq mi (/km²)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code	39-64206²
GNIS feature ID	1086932³

Porter Township is one of the sixteen townships of Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found people in the township, of whom lived in the unincorporated parts of the township.^[1]

Geography

Located in the southern part of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships:

Harrison Township - north
Bloom Township - northeast corner
Vernon Township - east
Green Township - south
Clay Township - northwest

Greenup County, Kentucky lies across the Ohio River to the southwest.

No municipalities are located in Porter Township, although the city of Portsmouth (the county seat of Scioto County) and the village of New Boston have incorporated much of the western part of the township. The census-designated places of Sciotodale and Wheelersburg lie in the northern and central parts of the township.

Annexation by Portsmouth has caused Porter Township to exist in two parts: a large section in the east, and a small section in the northwest.

Name and history

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

Porter Township has the distinction of being one of the earliest settled, dating to February 1796. It was organized by Samuel Marshall on December 16, 1814.^[2]

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 clerk, 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 clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

Public services

Porter Township residents are served by the Portsmouth Public Library-Wheelersburg Branch, the Wheelersburg Local School District, and by a full-time as well as a volunteer fire department. While most children in the township attend the Wheelersburg Local School District, part of the township lies within the Portsmouth City School system.

A view of construction on the new Wheelersburg (K-12) School from the current high school parking lot.

References

^ Scioto County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
^ "Portsmouth Area Resource Guide, 2007-2008", The Community Common, 2007-07-29, p. 6. Retrieved on 2007-07-29.

External links

County website

Municipalities and communities of Scioto County, Ohio
County seat: Portsmouth
City	Portsmouth
Villages	New Boston \| Otway \| Rarden \| South Webster
Townships	Bloom \| Brush Creek \| Clay \| Green \| Harrison \| Jefferson \| Madison \| Morgan \| Nile \| Porter \| Rarden \| Rush \| Union \| Valley \| Vernon \| Washington
Census-designated places	Franklin Furnace \| Lucasville \| Rosemount \| Sciotodale \| West Portsmouth \| Wheelersburg
Other localities	Clarktown \| Friendship \| Haverhill \| McDermott \| Minford \| Mule Town \| Scioto Furnace \| Stout

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