Coventry Township is one of the nine
townships of
Summit County,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2020 census found 10,238 people in the township.
Geography
Coventry Township is located in southern Summit County. At its creation, it bordered the following townships:
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Portage Township - north
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Springfield Township - east
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Green Township - southeast
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Franklin Township - southwest
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Norton Township - west
However, due to annexations, it currently borders the following township and cities:
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Akron - north
*Springfield Township - east
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Green - southeast
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New Franklin - southwest
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Barberton - west
Several populated places are located in the original bounds of Coventry Township:
*Part of the city of Akron, the
county seat
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of Summit County, in the north
*Part of the city of Barberton, in the west
*The
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
of
Portage Lakes, in the center
Name and history
It is the only Coventry Township statewide.
Coventry Township is part of the
Connecticut Western Reserve in Township 1N, Range 11W.
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
The ''Ohio Revised Code'' (ORC) contains all current statutes of the Ohio General Assembly of a permanent and general nature, consolidated into provisions, titles, chapters and sections. However, the only official publication of the enactments o ...
. 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.
References
External links
Township websiteCounty website
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Townships in Summit County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio