Eaton Township is one of the eighteen
townships of
Lorain County,
Ohio
Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...
, United States. As of the
2020 census, the population was 5,828.
Geography
Located in eastern Lorain County, it borders the following townships and cities:
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North Ridgeville - north
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Olmsted Township, Cuyahoga County - northeast corner
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Columbia Township - east
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Liverpool Township, Medina County - southeast corner
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Grafton Township - southeast
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Grafton - south
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Carlisle Township - west
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Elyria - northwest
Parts of two municipalities, separate from Eaton Township, occupy land that was once part of Eaton Township: a small corner of
Elyria in the northwest, and the majority of
Grafton in the south. The
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
of
Eaton Estates lies in the center of the township.
Name and history
It is the only Eaton 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 fiscal officer,
§503.24§505.01
an
§507.01
of the Ohio Revised Code
The ''Ohio Revised Code'' (ORC) contains all current statutes of the Ohio General Assembly of a permanent and general nature, consolidated into provisions, titles, chapters and sections. However, the only official publication of the enactments o ...
. 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
External links
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County website
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Townships in Lorain County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio