Chatham Township is one of the seventeen
townships of
Medina County,
Ohio
Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
, United States. The
2020 census found 2,213 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the west part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Litchfield Township - north
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York Township - northeast corner
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Lafayette Township - east
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Westfield Township - southeast corner
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Harrisville Township - south
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Homer Township - southwest corner
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Spencer Township - west
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Penfield Township, Lorain County - northwest corner
No municipalities are located in Chatham Township.
Name and history
Chatham Township was founded in 1818. Named after
Chatham
Chatham may refer to:
Places and jurisdictions Canada
* Chatham Islands (British Columbia)
* Chatham Sound, British Columbia
* Chatham, New Brunswick, a former town, now a neighbourhood of Miramichi
* Chatham (electoral district), New Brunswic ...
, in England, it is the only Chatham Township in Ohio.
Government
The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to four-year terms 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 fiscal officer,
§503.24§505.01
an
§507.01
of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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 fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.
References
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Townships in Medina County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio