Genoa
Township (GTLCA photo)
Location
Genoa Township, one of 18 townships in central Ohio’s Delaware County, is located in the
southeast corner of the county, adjacent to Franklin County on the south and
Licking County on the east. The township has no principal town or city,
primarily because of the proximity of Westerville,
a large suburb of Columbus just below the township’s southern border, and the Village of Galena, just above its northern
border.
Delaware County has been ranked one of the
fastest growing counties in the country over the last 20 years, and Genoa
Township is one of the fastest growing townships in the county, along with
Orange and Liberty Townships to the west. The township’s population has risen
from less than 5,000 in 1990 to more than 21,000 residents in 2009. Most of the
growth has come from the residential development of much of the southern half
of the township, while much of the northern half retains a more rural environment.
Genoa Township
boundaries superimposed over a 1988 U.S. Geological Survey aerial photo (left)
and a summer 2007 Virtual Earth aerial photo (right).