Prairie Township, Franklin County, Ohio

Prairie Township, Ohio
—  Township  —
Location of Prairie Township in Franklin County.
Coordinates: 39°57′5″N 83°9′15″W / 39.95139°N 83.15417°W / 39.95139; -83.15417Coordinates: 39°57′5″N 83°9′15″W / 39.95139°N 83.15417°W / 39.95139; -83.15417
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Franklin
Area
• Total	20.6 sq mi (53.3 km2)
• Land	20.6 sq mi (53.3 km2)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation[1]	919 ft (280 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	17,118
• Density	831.2/sq mi (320.9/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code	39-64570[2]
GNIS feature ID	1086113[1]

Prairie Township is one of the seventeen townships of Franklin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 17,118 people in the township, 17,058 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township, and 60 of whom lived in the now-defunct village of New Rome.^[3]

Geography

Located in the western part of the county, the township consists of several parts:

• Most of the original township, in the west
• A moderately-sized piece, in the northeast
• A small piece, in the southwest corner
• Several small islands, in the far northeast

These various parts have the following borders:

• The city of Columbus surrounds the small islands and lies to the east of the main original piece, to the north, south, and west of the northeastern piece, and to the north and west of the southeastern piece
• To the east, the moderately-sized piece in the northeast borders Franklin Township.
• The small southeastern piece borders Jackson Township to the east.
• The main original piece borders:
  • Brown Township - north
  • Norwich Township - northeast
  • Pleasant Township - south
  • Jefferson Township, Madison County - west

Most of eastern Prairie Township is occupied by the city of Columbus, the county seat of Franklin County. Several populated places are located in the unincorporated areas of the township:

• The unincorporated community of Galloway, in the south
• The former village, now unincorporated community, of New Rome, in the east
• Part of the census-designated place of Lake Darby, in the northwest
• The census-designated place of Lincoln Village, in the northeast

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Prairie Township is located in Holmes County.

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,^[4] 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.

References

External links

• Township website
• County website

v d e Municipalities and communities of Franklin County, Ohio, United States County seat: Columbus Cities Bexley Canal Winchester‡ Columbus‡ Dublin‡ Gahanna Grandview Heights Grove City Groveport Hilliard New Albany‡ Pickerington‡ Reynoldsburg‡ Upper Arlington Westerville‡ Whitehall Worthington Villages Brice Harrisburg‡ Lithopolis‡ Lockbourne Marble Cliff Minerva Park Obetz Riverlea Urbancrest Valleyview Townships Blendon Brown Clinton Franklin Hamilton Jackson Jefferson Madison Mifflin Norwich Perry Plain Pleasant Prairie Sharon Truro Washington CDPs Blacklick Estates Huber Ridge Lake Darby Lincoln Village Unincorporated communities Amlin Blacklick Darbydale Flint Galloway Georgesville New Rome Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties