Columbia Township is one of the twelve townships

Civil township

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 of Hamilton County

Hamilton County, Ohio

As of 2000, there were 845,303 people, 346,790 households, and 212,582 families residing in the county. The population density was 2,075 people per square mile . There were 373,393 housing units at an average density of 917 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 6,557 people in the township, 4,619 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the eastern part of the county, the township has been divided into several "islands" by annexations. The principal ones have the following borders:

The northmost island: Sycamore Township Sycamore Township, Hamilton County, Ohio Sycamore Township is one of the twelve townships of Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 19,675 people in the township.-Geography:...  - north Madeira Madeira, Ohio Madeira is a city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The population was 8,923 at the 2000 census. Madeira has a Council-Manager form of government, where the elected City Council appoints a paid City Manager to run the day to day operations of the city. Madeira is served by its own Police...  - east Silverton Silverton, Ohio Silverton is a city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The city was formed out of Columbia and Sycamore Townships, but withdrew from both and formed a paper township...  - south and west The northeasternmost island: Symmes Township Symmes Township, Hamilton County, Ohio Symmes Township is one of the twelve townships of Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 14,771 people in the township.-Geography:...  - north Miami Township, Clermont County Miami Township, Clermont County, Ohio Miami Township is one of the fourteen townships of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 36,632 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...  - east and south Indian Hill Indian Hill, Ohio The Village of Indian Hill is a city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, and an affluent suburb of the Greater Cincinnati area. The population was 5,907 at the 2000 census. Prior to 1970, Indian Hill was incorporated as a village, but under Ohio law became designated as a city once its...  - west

The most southerly island: Indian Hill - north Terrace Park Terrace Park, Ohio Terrace Park is a village in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. It is a suburban village in Greater Cincinnati. The population was 2,273 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Terrace Park is located at ....  - east Anderson Township Anderson Township, Hamilton County, Ohio Anderson Township is one of the twelve townships of Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. Located in the southeastern part of the county and less than 15 minutes from downtown, the township has been named one of the Cincinnati area's most desirable neighborhoods to live...  - south Mariemont Mariemont, Ohio Mariemont is a planned community village in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. It includes one or two historic districts, Village of Mariemont and Mariemont Historic District. Founded in the 1920s by Mary Emery, Mariemont exhibits English architecture from Norman to classic Georgian style...  - west Several small islands in the southwest: Silverton - north Indian Hill - east Mariemont - southeast Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...  - west

The largest western island: Silverton - northeast Madeira - east Cincinnati - everywhere else The westernmost island: Amberley Amberley, Ohio Amberley is a village in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The population was 3,425 at the 2000 census. Amberley was incorporated as a village on April 5, 1940. Amberley was designated a Tree City USA by the National Arbor Day Foundation...  - north Cincinnati - south Golf Manor Golf Manor, Ohio Golf Manor is a village in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. It is surrounded nearly completely by the Pleasant Ridge and Roselawn neighborhoods of Cincinnati...  - west

Most of Columbia Township is occupied by the following municipalities:

The city of Cincinnati (the county seat County seat A county seat is an administrative center, or seat of government, for a county or civil parish. The term is primarily used in the United States....  of Hamilton County), in the east The village of Fairfax Fairfax, Ohio Fairfax is a village in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,938 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Fairfax is located at .... , in the center The city of Indian Hill, most of the eastern half of the township

The city of Madeira, in the north The village of Mariemont, in the south

The city of Milford Milford, Ohio Milford is a city in Clermont and Hamilton counties in the U.S. state of Ohio, along the Little Miami River in the southwestern part of the state. It is a part of Greater Cincinnati. Milford, an abbreviated form of mill ford, was so named because it was the first safe ford across the Little Miami... , in the east The city of Silverton, in the northwest

Some of the remaining township (only about 2.5 sq mi (6 km²) in area) is land unsuitable for development, especially the banks of the Little Miami River

Little Miami River

The Little Miami River is a Class I tributary of the Ohio River that flows through five counties in southwestern Ohio in the United States. The Little Miami joins the Ohio River east of Cincinnati. It forms parts of the borders between Hamilton and Clermont counties and between Hamilton and Warren...

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Name and history

Statewide, other Columbia Townships are located in Lorain and Meigs

Columbia Township, Meigs County, Ohio

Columbia Township is one of the twelve townships of Meigs County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,018 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...

Counties.

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.

External links

• Township website
• County website