Chagrin Falls Township is a township located in

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, United States. As of the 2020 census, the township had a total population of 4,317, which includes the village of

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. The portion of the township outside the village limits had a population of 129 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated township consists of about 44 households on an area of , resulting in a population density of 261.7 persons/mile² (101.0 persons/km). It is one of only two

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s remaining in Cuyahoga County (the other being Olmsted Township) and the only Chagrin Falls Township statewide.

Geography

Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following villages and townships: * Russell Township, Geauga County - northeast *

- southeast * Moreland Hills - west According to the

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, the incorporated and unincorporated areas of the township have a total area of 2.6 sq mi, all land.

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. , the board is composed of chairperson Tom Florkiewicz and members John Finley and Jen McKee, and the fiscal officer is Beth Boles.

References

External links

Township website

County website
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