MILAN TOWNSHIP, ERIE COUNTY, OHIO

'Milan Township' is one of the nine townships of Erie County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Sandusky, Ohio metropolitan statistical area. The 2000 census found 3,686 people in the township, 2,661 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.^[1]

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Geography

Name and history

Government

References

External links

Geography

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

★ Huron Township - north

★ Berlin Township - east

★ Townsend Township, Huron County - southeast corner

★ Norwalk Township, Huron County - south

★ Ridgefield Township, Huron County - southwest corner

★ Oxford Township - west

★ Perkins Township - northwest corner
The village of Milan is located in southern Milan Township, and the unincorporated community of Avery lies in the township's west.

Name and history

It is the only Milan 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. Erie County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.

External links

★ County website