Hudson Township was one of the 16 original townships in
Summit County, Ohio
Summit County is an urban county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 540,428, making it the fourth-most populous county in Ohio. Its county seat and largest city is Akron. The county was formed on March 3, 1840, ...
. When created, it occupied survey Range 10, Town 4 in the
Connecticut Western Reserve
The Connecticut Western Reserve was a portion of land claimed by the Colony of Connecticut and later by the state of Connecticut in what is now mostly the northeastern region of Ohio. The Reserve had been granted to the Colony under the terms of ...
and was about in area. Its first settlers were David Hudson and his party from
Goshen, Connecticut
Goshen is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 3,150 at the 2020 census.
Geography
Goshen is in central Litchfield County and is bordered to the east by the city of Torrington. According to the United State ...
in 1799. It was in the eastern part of Summit County, bordering
Macedonia,
Twinsburg Township,
Streetsboro,
Stow
Stow may refer to:
Places United Kingdom
* Stow, Lincolnshire or Stow-in-Lindsey, a village
* Stow of Wedale or Stow, Scottish Borders, a village
* Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, a small town
* Stow, Shropshire or Stowe, a village
* Stow ...
,
Boston Township, and
Boston Heights. The Village of Hudson, incorporated in 1837, was nearly surrounded by the township. No other municipalities expanded into Hudson Township via annexation. In 1994, Hudson Township and the village of Hudson merged to create the
City of Hudson.
Geography
Hudson was originally bounded by
Stow Township on the south,
Boston Township on the west,
Twinsburg Township to the north and
Streetsboro Township to the east. At the time of its merger with the Village of Hudson, however, its neighbors were the same as they are at present.
Land use
Hudson Township was rural for most of its existence. It was known for its
dairy farms
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. Considerable growth began in the 1950s with the 1955 opening of the
Ohio Turnpike
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and the 1957 establishment of the
General Motors
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Euclid Division,
Terex
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.
Counties
Hudson Township's land has been in the following counties:
References
* Author unknown, (1999–2005)
County Formation Maps Retrieved May 2, 2005.
External links
City of Hudson GIS Server
{{Townships in Summit County, Ohio
Geography of Summit County, Ohio
Defunct townships in Ohio