CLARKSFIELD TOWNSHIP, HURON COUNTY, OHIO

Location of Clarksfield Township in Huron County.

'Clarksfield Township' is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,518 people in the township.[1]

Contents
Geography
Name and history
Government
References
External links

Geography


Located on the eastern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:

Wakeman Township - north

Camden Township, Lorain County - northeast

Brighton Township, Lorain County - east

Rochester Township, Lorain County - southeast corner

New London Township - south

Fitchville Township - southwest corner

Hartland Township - west

Townsend Township - northwest corner
No municipalities are located in Clarksfield Township, although the unincorporated community of Clarksfield lies in the township's northwest.
The total area of Clarksfield is 27 square miles, making an average of 56 people per square mile.

Name and history


It is the only Clarksfield Township statewide.

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

External links



County website

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