Dorset Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
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Dorset Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County,
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, United States. The 2020 census found 807 people in the township.


Geography

Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Denmark Township - north * Pierpont Township - northeast corner * Richmond Township - east * Andover Township - southeast corner * Cherry Valley Township - south * New Lyme Township - southwest corner * Lenox Township - west * Jefferson Township - northwest corner No municipalities are located in Dorset Township, although the
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of
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lies in the center of the township.


Climate


Name and history

It is the only Dorset Township statewide.


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. Currently, the board is composed of chairman Herbert Dean and members James Bailey and Jeffrey Hinkle.Ashtabula County, Ohio
Ashtabula County, 2007. Accessed 2007-05-28.


References


External links


County website
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