CHESTER TOWNSHIP, GEAUGA COUNTY, OHIO

'Chester Township' is one of the sixteen townships of Geauga County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 10,968 people in the township.^[1]

Contents

Geography

Name and history

Government

References

External links

Geography

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

★ Kirtland - north

★ Chardon Township - northeast corner

★ Munson Township - east

★ Newbury Township - southeast corner

★ Russell Township - south

★ Hunting Valley - southwest corner

★ Gates Mills - west

★ Willoughby Hills - northwest corner
No municipalities are located in Chester Township, although the census-designated place of Chesterland is located in the township's center.

Name and history

Statewide, other Chester Townships are located in Clinton, Meigs, Morrow, Wayne 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 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