Pleasant Township is one of the seventeen townships

Civil township

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 of Franklin County

Franklin County, Ohio

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, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 7,030 people in the township, 6,704 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Prairie Township
  Prairie Township, Franklin County, Ohio
  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.-Geography:Located in...
  
   - north
• Jackson Township
  Jackson Township, Franklin County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the seventeen townships of Franklin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 32,625 people in the township, 4,682 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Scioto Township, Pickaway County
  Scioto Township, Pickaway County, Ohio
  Scioto Township is one of the fifteen townships of Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 9,165 people in the township, 8,120 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Darby Township, Pickaway County
  Darby Township, Pickaway County, Ohio
  Darby Township is one of the fifteen townships of Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,492 people in the township, 3,486 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Fairfield Township, Madison County
  Fairfield Township, Madison County, Ohio
  Fairfield Township is one of the fourteen townships of Madison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,333 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Jefferson Township, Madison County
  Jefferson Township, Madison County, Ohio
  Jefferson Township is one of the fourteen townships of Madison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,935 people in the township, 2,604 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

Parts of two municipalities are located in Pleasant Township: the city of Columbus

Columbus, Ohio

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, the county seat

County seat

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 of Franklin County, in the northeast; and the village of Harrisburg

Harrisburg, Ohio

Harrisburg is a village in Franklin and Pickaway counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 332 at the 2000 census.-History:Harrisburg was founded in 1836 by Joseph Chenowith and surveyed and platted by Frederick Cole...

, in the south. The unincorporated communities

Unincorporated area

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 of Darbydale

Darbydale, Ohio

Darbydale is a census-designated place in central Pleasant Township, Franklin County, Ohio, United States. It was an incorporated village until its disincorporation on December 27, 1985....

 and Georgesville

Georgesville, Ohio

Georgesville is an unincorporated community in western Pleasant Township, Franklin County, Ohio, United States. It is located southwest of Columbus, the county seat of Franklin County and the capital and largest city of Ohio. Georgesville lies at the confluence of Little Darby Creek and Big Darby...

lie in the township's south and west, respectively.

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.