Pleasant Township is one of the seventeen

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of Franklin County,

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, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 6,671, of whom 6,351 lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships: * Prairie Township - north * Jackson Township - east * Scioto Township, Pickaway County - southeast * Darby Township, Pickaway County - south * Fairfield Township, Madison County - west * Jefferson Township, Madison County - northwest Parts of two municipalities are located in Pleasant Township: the city of Columbus, the

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

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, in the south. The

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

Name and history

It is one of fifteen Pleasant Townships statewide. In 1833, a

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and a saw mill operated on Little Darby Creek in the northern part of Pleasant Township.

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,§503.24§505.01
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. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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

Pleasant Township official websiteCounty website
{{authority control Townships in Franklin County, Ohio Townships in Ohio