Porter Township is one of the eighteen townships

Civil township

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 of Delaware County

Delaware County, Ohio

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, Ohio

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,696 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Bennington Township, Morrow County
  Bennington Township, Morrow County, Ohio
  Bennington 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:...
  
   - north
• South Bloomfield Township, Morrow County
  South Bloomfield Township, Morrow County, Ohio
  South Bloomfield Township is one of the sixteen townships of Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,609 people in the township, 1,418 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Hilliar Township, Knox County
  Hilliar Township, Knox County, Ohio
  Hilliar Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,080 people in the township, 1,648 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Hartford Township, Licking County
  Hartford Township, Licking County, Ohio
  Hartford Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,290 people in the township, 878 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Trenton Township
  Trenton Township, Delaware County, Ohio
  Trenton 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...
  
   - south
• Berkshire Township
  Berkshire Township, Delaware County, Ohio
  Berkshire 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:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Kingston Township
  Kingston Township, Delaware County, Ohio
  Kingston Township is one of the eighteen townships of Delaware County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,603 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Peru Township, Morrow County
  Peru Township, Morrow County, Ohio
  Peru 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...
  
   - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Porter Township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only Porter Township is located in Scioto County

Porter Township, Scioto County, Ohio

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.-Geography:...

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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.

Public services

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

External links

• Township website
• County website
• Community Library in Sunbury