WAKEMAN TOWNSHIP, HURON COUNTY, OHIO

Location of Wakeman Township in Huron County.

'Wakeman Township' is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,528 people in the township, 1,577 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[1]

Contents
Geography
Name and history
Government
References
External links

Geography


Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

★ Florence Township, Erie County - north

★ Henrietta Township, Lorain County - northeast

★ Camden Township, Lorain County - east

★ Clarksfield Township - south

★ Hartland Township - southwest corner

★ Townsend Township - west

★ Berlin Township, Erie County - northwest corner
The village of Wakeman is located in central Wakeman Township.

Name and history


It is the only Wakeman 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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