FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP, HIGHLAND COUNTY, OHIO

Municipalities and townships of Highland County.

'Fairfield Township' is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,219 people in the township, 1,683 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[1]

Contents
Geography
Name and history
Government
References
External links

Geography


Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:

★ Green Township, Fayette County - north

★ Perry Township, Fayette County - northeast corner

★ Madison Township - east

★ Paint Township - southeast

★ Penn Township - southwest

★ Green Township, Clinton County - west

★ Wayne Township, Clinton County - northwest
Two incorporated villages are located in Fairfield Township: Highland in the west, and Leesburg in the center.

Name and history


It is one of seven Fairfield Townships 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. Highland County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.

External links



★ County website

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