Thompson Township, Delaware County, Ohio
Township
John Detwiller Farmhouse
Location of Thompson Township in Delaware County
Coordinates: 40°23′43″N 83°12′54″W / 40.39528°N 83.21500°W / 40.39528; -83.21500
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Delaware
Area
• Total	20.3 sq mi (52.6 km2)
• Land	20.2 sq mi (52.3 km2)
• Water	0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2)
Elevation [1]	919 ft (280 m)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	659
• Density	32/sq mi (13/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code	39-76617[3]
GNIS feature ID	1086058[1]

Thompson Township is one of the eighteen townships of Delaware County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 659.

Geography

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

• Prospect Township, Marion County - north
• Radnor Township - east
• Scioto Township - south
• Leesburg Township, Union County - southwest
• Claibourne Township, Union County - northwest

No municipalities are located in Thompson Township.

Name and history

Thompson Township was founded in 1820. Thompson is the name of an early government surveyor.^[4]

Statewide, other Thompson Townships are located in Geauga and Seneca 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,^[5] 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.