Kingston Township, Delaware County, Ohio
Encyclopedia
Kingston Township is one of the eighteen townships
of Delaware County
, Ohio
, United States
. The 2000 census
found 1,603 people in the township.
No municipalities are located in Kingston Township
Kingstown Township was established in 1813.
Marilyn Cryder of the Delaware County Historical Society sets the tone for Kingston Township in its early era: “[Native American] tribes were frequent visitors right up to 1830. The area was covered with forests. Settlers…coming into the territory established their homes in natural clearings and had to immediately set about clearing the timber. The first houses were one room log cabins and it was many years before substantial ones were built."
Cryder notes that in 1842 Ohio Wesleyan University was established in Delaware City twenty miles from Kilbourne and with it came more traffic and eventually the railroad. The rail was supposed to have gone through Kingstown Township. A 1907 map of Ohio Railroads shows the rail traveling along Kilbourne Rd. The railroad was never completed, and never made it to Kingstown Township.
Civil township
A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States, subordinate to, and geographic divisions of, a county. Specific responsibilities and the degree of autonomy vary based on each state. Civil townships are distinct from survey townships, but in states that have both,...
of Delaware County
Delaware County, Ohio
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, Ohio
Ohio
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, United States
United States
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. The 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
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found 1,603 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:- Peru Township, Morrow CountyPeru Township, Morrow County, OhioPeru Township is one of the sixteen townships of Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,260 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Lincoln Township - north...
- north - Bennington Township, Morrow CountyBennington Township, Morrow County, OhioBennington Township is one of the sixteen townships of Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,663 people in the township, 2,366 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
- northeast corner - Porter TownshipPorter Township, Delaware County, OhioPorter Township is one of the eighteen townships of Delaware County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,696 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
- east - Trenton TownshipTrenton Township, Delaware County, OhioTrenton Township is one of the eighteen townships of Delaware County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,137 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Porter Township - north...
- southeast corner - Berkshire TownshipBerkshire Township, Delaware County, OhioBerkshire Township is one of the eighteen townships of Delaware County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,251 people in the township, 1,946 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
- south - Berlin TownshipBerlin Township, Delaware County, OhioBerlin Township is one of the eighteen townships of Delaware County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,315 people in the township, 3,313 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
- southwest corner - Brown TownshipBrown Township, Delaware County, OhioBrown Township is one of the eighteen townships of Delaware County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,297 people in the township, 1,290 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
- west - Oxford TownshipOxford Township, Delaware County, OhioOxford Township is one of the eighteen townships of Delaware County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 854 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
- northwest corner
No municipalities are located in Kingston Township
Name and history
It is the only Kingston Township statewide.Kingstown Township was established in 1813.
Marilyn Cryder of the Delaware County Historical Society sets the tone for Kingston Township in its early era: “[Native American] tribes were frequent visitors right up to 1830. The area was covered with forests. Settlers…coming into the territory established their homes in natural clearings and had to immediately set about clearing the timber. The first houses were one room log cabins and it was many years before substantial ones were built."
Cryder notes that in 1842 Ohio Wesleyan University was established in Delaware City twenty miles from Kilbourne and with it came more traffic and eventually the railroad. The rail was supposed to have gone through Kingstown Township. A 1907 map of Ohio Railroads shows the rail traveling along Kilbourne Rd. The railroad was never completed, and never made it to Kingstown Township.