Official Name: | Violet Township, Fairfield County, Ohio |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Motto: | "A great place to grow your family or business" |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Ohio |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Fairfield |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Km2: | 108.0 |
Area Land Km2: | 107.8 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.1 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 45785 |
Population Density Km2: | 2817.38 per square km |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 1,087.8 per square mi |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 268 |
Elevation Ft: | 879 |
Coordinates: | 39.8897°N -82.7542°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 39-80206[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1086084 |
Violet Township is one of the thirteen townships of Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 45,785,[3] up from 38,572 people at the 2010 census. It is the only Township in Fairfield County that is classified as an Urban township.[4]
Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
Several municipalities are partially located in Violet Township:
Violet Township was organized in 1808, and named for the patches of violets within its borders.[5] It is the only Violet Township statewide.[6]
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,[7] 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.
Violet Township currently does not have its own police agency and as such utilizes the Fairfield County Sheriffs Office, which provides two deputies at a time to service the area. Pickerington Police will also frequently assist deputies in policing the agency when call volume is high and resources are available.
The fire department services the unincorporated township, the City of Pickerington and parts of the City of Columbus and City of Reynoldsburg.