Fairfield Township is one of the nineteen
townships of
Huron County,
Ohio
Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...
, United States. As of the
2020 census the population of the township was 1,124.
Geography
Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Norwalk Township - north
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Townsend Township - northeast corner
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Hartland Township - east
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Fitchville Township - southeast corner
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Ripley Township - south
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Greenfield Township - southwest corner
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Peru Township - west
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Ridgefield Township - northwest corner
The village of
North Fairfield is located in western Fairfield Township.
Name and history
Fairfield Township was organized in 1823. It was named after
Fairfield, Connecticut
Fairfield is a New England town, town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It borders the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Bridgeport and towns of Trumbull, Connecticut, Trumbull, Easton, Connecticut, Easton, Weston, Connecticut, W ...
, the hometown of many of its pioneer settlers.
It is one of seven
Fairfield Townships 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,
§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 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
County website
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Townships in Huron County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio