Parkman Township is one of the sixteen
townships
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of
Geauga County
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,
Ohio
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, United States. As of the
2020 census the population was 4,446,
[ up from 4,136 at the previous census.]English
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, while 62.6 spoke an "other han SpanishIndo-European language"[ (basically Pennsylvania German/]German
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).
History
Named for Samuel Parkman, an agent with the Connecticut Land Company
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, it is the only Parkman Township statewide.
Geography
Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
* Middlefield Township - north
* Mesopotamia Township, Trumbull County - northeast corner
* Farmington Township, Trumbull County - east
* Southington Township, Trumbull County - southeast corner
* Nelson Township, Portage County - south
* Hiram Township, Portage County - southwest corner
* Troy Township - west
* Burton Township - northwest corner
No municipalities are located in Parkman Township, although the unincorporated community
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of Parkman lies in the southern part of the township.
Demographics
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
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. 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.
Notable people
* Brian Barthelmes, 2001 Kenston High School graduate, University of Virginia
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football star and former member of New England Patriots
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practice squad
References
External links
Community websiteCounty website
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Townships in Geauga County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio