Blendon Township is one of the seventeen townships

Civil township

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 of Franklin County

Franklin County, Ohio

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, Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 9,193 people in the township, 7,905 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the northeastern part of the county, the township has been reduced by municipal annexations to three large "islands" and many small ones. They have the following borders:

• The small islands are surrounded by Columbus
  Columbus, Ohio
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• The southwestern large island borders Minerva Park
  Minerva Park, Ohio
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   to the north and west, and Columbus to the east and south
• The central large island borders Westerville
  Westerville, Ohio
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   to the north, and Columbus to the east, south, and west
• The northern large island borders Harlem Township, Delaware County
  Harlem Township, Delaware County, Ohio
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   to the north, Plain Township
  Plain Township, Franklin County, Ohio
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   to the east, Columbus to the south, Westerville to the west, and Genoa Township, Delaware County
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   to the northwest.

Much of what was once Blendon Township has since been annexed by certain municipalities:

• The city of Columbus, the county seat
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   of Franklin County, in the south
• The village of Minerva Park, in the southwest
• The city of Westerville, in the northwest

Part of western Blendon Township is occupied by the census-designated place

Census-designated place

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 of Huber Ridge

Huber Ridge, Ohio

Huber Ridge is a census-designated place in Blendon Township, Franklin County, Ohio, United States. The population was 4,883 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Huber Ridge is located at ....

.

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.

Economy

Kroger

Kroger

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 operates its Columbus

Columbus, Ohio

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regional offices at 4111 Executive Parkway in the township.