BAINBRIDGE TOWNSHIP, GEAUGA COUNTY, OHIO

'Bainbridge Township' is one of the sixteen townships of Geauga County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 10,916 people in the township.^[1]

Contents

Geography

Name and history

Government

References

External links

Geography

Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships and cities:

★ Russell Township - north

★ Newbury Township - northeast corner

★ Auburn Township - east

★ Mantua Township, Portage County - southeast corner

★ Aurora - south

★ Twinsburg Township, Summit County - southwest corner

★ Solon - west

★ Chagrin Falls - northwest, south of Bentleyville

★ Bentleyville - northwest, north of Chagrin Falls
The township covers a total area of 25 mi².
No municipalities are located in Bainbridge Township, although the census-designated place of Bainbridge is located in the center of the township.

Name and history

Named for Commodore William Bainbridge, it is the only Bainbridge Township statewide.
The first residents of Bainbridge were the McConougheys, who came from Blandford, Massachusetts. Many other settlers followed. In 1817, Bainbridge Township was established. The first housing subdivision, Lake Lucerne, opened in 1922. It is still one of the largest in Bainbridge today.

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 clerk, 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 clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References

1. Geauga County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.

External links

★ County website