Westfield Township is one of the seventeen
townships
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of
Medina County,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2000 census found 4,172 people in the township, 2,545 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
Geography
Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Lafayette Township - north
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Montville Township - northeast corner
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Guilford Township - east
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Milton Township, Wayne County - southeast corner
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Canaan Township, Wayne County - south
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Harrisville Township - west
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Chatham Township - northwest corner
Two villages are located in Westfield Township:
*Part of
Creston, in the southeast
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Westfield Center, in the center
Westfield Township also surrounds the township and village of
Gloria Glens Park in the northeast corner of the township.
Name and history
Statewide, the only other Westfield Township is located in
Morrow County.
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.
References
External links
Township websiteCounty websiteTownship History
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Townships in Medina County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio