RICHMOND TOWNSHIP, HURON COUNTY, OHIO

'Richmond Township' is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,111 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:

★ Norwich Township - north

★ Greenfield Township - northeast corner

★ New Haven Township - east

★ Auburn Township, Crawford County - south

★ Cranberry Township, Crawford County - southwest

★ Venice Township, Seneca County - west
Richmond Township includes almost all of the county's border with Crawford County.
Part of the city of Willard is located in northeastern Richmond Township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Richmond Township is located in Ashtabula County.

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