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Concord Township is one of the five
townships A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
of Lake County,
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, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 18,201, up from 15,828 at the 2000 census. Lake County is part of the
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Geography

Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships and municipalities: * Painesville Township - north * Perry Township - northeast corner * LeRoy Township - east * Hambden Township, Geauga County - southeast * Chardon Township, Geauga County - south *
Kirtland Hills Kirtland Hills is a village in Lake County, Ohio, United States and a rural suburb of Cleveland. The population was 692 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is l ...
- southwest *
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- west * Painesville city - northwest According to the
U.S. Census Bureau The United States Census Bureau (USCB), officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy. The Census Bureau is part of the ...
, Concord Township has an area of , of which are land and , or 0.58%, are water. No municipalities are located in Concord Township. The historical location of the unincorporated settlement of Concord is at the north end of
Ohio State Route 608 State Route 608 (SR 608) is a north–south state highway in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. Its southern terminus is at State Route 528 about south of Middlefield. The northern terminus is at Ravenna Road (Lake County ...
where it meets Ravenna Road/County Highway 360 (former State Route 44), though most current development in the immediate area is located nearby at the intersection of current State Route 44 and
Interstate 90 Interstate 90 (I-90) is an east–west transcontinental freeway and the longest Interstate Highway in the United States at . It begins in Seattle, Washington, and travels through the Pacific Northwest, Mountain West, Great Plains, Midwest, and ...
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Demographics

The population of Concord Township was estimated at 18,134 in 2016.


Name and history

Concord Township was established in 1822. The township's name commemorates the
Battle of Concord The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The battles were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord ...
in the American Revolutionary War. It is one of seven Concord Townships statewide. Concord began holding Community Days in 1976 and has become an annual tradition ever since. Community Days has been held on Labor Day weekend from 1976 to 2012, when it was moved to the third weekend in August. Activities include a parade, auction, neighborhood softball tournament and fireworks show taking place at Concord Township Hall.


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 fiscal officer, 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. As of 2020, the board members are Carl Dondorfer, Morgan McIntosh, and Amy Lucci, and the fiscal officer is Amy Dawson.


Public services


Transportation

In 2004, the township included approximately of roadways, nearly all of which are paved.


Education

Schools and school districts located in or near Concord Township include Auburn Career Center, Chardon Local Schools, The Goddard School, Hershey Montessori School,
Lakeland Community College Lakeland Community College is a public community college in Lake County, Ohio. Established in 1967, Lakeland was the first college in Ohio founded by a vote of the people. Today, Lakeland serves more than 8,000 full-time and part-time students ...
, Mentor Exempted Village School District, Riverside Local Schools, and
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. The portion of Concord Township in the Mentor school district is divided between the zones of James A. Garfield Elementary School and Hopkins Elementary School. All of the Mentor school district section of Concord Township is zoned to Memorial Middle School. All students in the Mentor school district are zoned to
Mentor High School Mentor High School is a public high school located in Mentor, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Mentor Exempted Village School District (informally, "Mentor Schools"). At one time, it was the largest high school in Ohio ba ...
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Private/Independent Schools

Hershey Montessori School
is an independent Montessori school located in Concord Township. It serves students from two months old through sixth grade. Its seventh through twelfth grade campus is located in nearby
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Health

Concord is home to University Hospital Health System and Tri-Point Medical Center, a hospital part of
Lake Health Lake Health, formerly Lake Hospital System, is a system of hospitals and health care facilities throughout Lake County, Cuyahoga County and Geauga County, Ohio, United States. Lake Health changed its name from Lake Hospital System on June 12, 2009 ...
. It opened in late 2009.


Businesses

The largest employers are the local and county hospital systems, county government, and the public school systems. Concord-Painesville JEDD In 2008, Concord and nearby Painesville formed a
Joint Economic Development District A Joint Economic Development District (JEDD) is an arrangement in Ohio where one or more municipality, municipalities and a Township (United States), township agree to work together to develop township land for commercial or industrial purposes. Th ...
to foster economic growth. It consists of a designated area in Concord Township bound by Interstate route 90 and State Road 44. The major participants in the JEDD are Lake Hospital Health Systems, University Hospital Health System, and various real estate development projects. Companies that participate in the JEDD receive tax benefits (based on jobs created), lower cost utilities, tax exemptions for capital improvements, and other benefits. In exchange they agree to a 1.75 percent sales tax which is divided between Concord, Painesville and the JEDD itself. Other notable companies include:
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, Engineered Films, Regional Industrial and Healthcare Materials -
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, CA-based; the Concord plant produces extruded plastic materials, including thin sheets and adhesives used for labeling glass packaging and medical adhesives. The company also has research and production facilities in nearby Painesville and other northeast Ohio locations. De Nora Tech – multinational; water treatment and purification, electroplating, electrical storage systems; headquartered in Italy with research and manufacturing plants in Concord Township and nearby Mentor, OH. Fives Group - CITCO Tools – French-owned; manufactures precision machinery for engineering glass, steel, plastics and other materials for use in the energy, metallurgy, aerospace, defense, and other industries. The Concord facility manufactures precision cutting tools and abrasives. Ranpak – patented recyclable packing and packaging systems, headquartered in Concord with plants in Holland and Singapore. Ricerca Biosciences – an Italian-owned
contract research organization In the life sciences, a contract research organization (CRO) is a company that provides support to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries in the form of research services outsourced on a contract basis. A CRO may provid ...
working with life-sciences and pharmaceutical companies to develop and test new compounds.


References


External links

* {{authority control Townships in Lake County, Ohio Urban townships in Ohio Townships in Ohio