RIDGEFIELD TOWNSHIP, HURON COUNTY, OHIO

Location of Ridgefield Township (red) in Huron County, next to the city of Norwalk (yellow).

'Ridgefield Township' is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,390 people in the township, 957 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[1]

Contents
Geography
Name and history
Government
Transportation
References
External links

Geography


Scenic Blue Bridge, which carries Lamereaux Road across the river in Ridgefield Township, was built after the July 5, 1969 flood washed the other bridge away

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

★ Oxford Township, Erie County - north

★ Milan Township, Erie County - northeast corner

★ Norwalk Township - east

★ Bronson Township - southeast corner

★ Peru Township - south

★ Sherman Township - southwest corner

★ Lyme Township - west

★ Groton Township, Erie County - northwest corner
Two municipalities are located in Ridgefield Township: the village of Monroeville in the center, and part of the city of Norwalk, the county seat of Huron County, in the southeast.

Name and history


It is the only Ridgefield 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.

Transportation


Due to the lay of the land and early settlement routes, the roads in this township follow no particular pattern. Important highways include U.S. Route 20 and State Routes 18, 61, 99, 113, and 547.[2]
''East-west roads''
★ County Line Road
★ Everingin Road
★ Field Road
★ Hill Road
★ Jacobs Road
★ Lamereaux Road
★ Mead Road
★ Norwalk Street
★ Old West Main Street
★ Ruggles Road
★ Schaffer Road
★ South Norwalk Road
★ Standardsburg Road
★ State Route 18

★ State Route 113

★ State Route 547

★ U.S. Route 20

★ Washington Road
★ Webb Settlement		''North-south Roads''
★ Brown Road
★ Drake Road
★ Farr Road
★ Fritz Road
★ Halfway Road
★ Hettle Road
★ Huber Road
★ Limbird Road
★ Lover's Lane Road
★ Peru Center Road
★ River Road
★ Section Line Road 117
★ State Route 61

★ State Route 99

★ Townline Road 32
★ Williams Road

References


1. Huron County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
2. DeLorme. (2004). ''Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-281-1.

External links



★ County website

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