Boston Township is one of the nine

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of Summit County,

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, United States, about north of

Akron Akron () is a city in Summit County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is the fifth-most populous city in Ohio, with a population of 190,469 at the 2020 census. The Akron metropolitan area, covering Summit and Portage counties, had ...

and south of

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. It is part of the Akron metropolitan area. The 2020 census found 1,401 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships and municipalities: * Sagamore Hills Township - north * Northfield Center Township - northeast * Boston Heights - northeast, south of Northfield Center Township *

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- east * Stow - southeast corner *

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- south * Bath Township - southwest * Richfield Township - west *

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- northwest Two villages are located in Boston Township: most of Boston Heights, in the northeast, and

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, in the center. Peninsula is still part of the township but Boston Heights is separate.

annexed an area along State Road and Northfield Center has the Brandywine area due to annexation when Northfield Center was part of Northfield Village . It occupies most of survey Town 4, Range 11 in the

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Name

Named by James Stanford after

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, Massachusetts, it is the only Boston Township statewide.

History

The

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inhabited the area by ~200AD and constructed the Everett Mound near Everett. Boston Township was established in 1811. Boston Township's land has been in the following counties:

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
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of the

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. Accessed April 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.

Transportation

Highways

Boston Township is served by

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, which has an exit onto State Route 303 at the border with Richfield Township, and by State Route 303, which goes east–west through the middle of the township. The

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(

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) passes through the township without any exits.

Education

Schooling for the township is provided by

Woodridge Local School District Woodridge Local School District is a public school district in Northeast Ohio, covering most of Peninsula and parts of Akron and Cuyahoga Falls Cuyahoga Falls ( or ) is a city in Summit County, Ohio, United States. The population was 51,1 ...

References

External links

County website
{{authority control Townships in Summit County, Ohio Townships in Ohio