Lake Township is one of the nineteen
townships
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
of
Wood County,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2010 census found 10,972 people in the township, 6,753 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
Geography
Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following municipalities:
*
Northwood - north
*
Allen Township, Ottawa County - northeast
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Clay Township, Ottawa County - southeast
*
Troy Township - south
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Perrysburg Township - west
Two villages are located in Lake Township:
Millbury in the east, and
Walbridge in the northwest. Two prominent
unincorporated communities
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are within the township:
East Lawn in the northeast, and
Moline in the west.
Lake Township is the home of
Toledo Executive Airport
Toledo Executive Airport is seven miles southeast of Toledo, in Wood County, Ohio. It is an FAA designated reliever to Toledo Express Airport (TOL), Toledo's primary airport. Toledo Executive Airport was renamed from Metcalf Field in 2010. , formerly named
Metcalf Field. The
Lake Local School District athletic teams are nicknamed the "Flyers" in reference to the district's main campus location directly across the road from the airport.
Name and history
Lake Township was established in 1844. Statewide, other Lake Townships are located in
Ashland,
Logan
Logan may refer to:
Places
* Mount Logan (disambiguation)
Australia
* Logan (Queensland electoral district), an electoral district in the Queensland Legislative Assembly
* Logan, Victoria, small locality near St. Arnaud
* Logan City, local gover ...
, and
Stark counties.
2010 tornado
At approximately 11:15 PM on June 5, 2010, an EF4 tornado tore through the township, destroying at least 50 homes and killing seven people. This tornado also destroyed the township's Administration Building and Police Department, and
Lake High School. Governor
Ted Strickland
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declared a state of emergency.
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.
References
External links
Township websiteCounty website
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Townships in Wood County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio