Gorham Township is one of the twelve

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of Fulton County,

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, United States. The 2020 census found 2,168 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the northwestern corner of the county along the

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line, it borders the following townships: * Medina Township, Lenawee County,

- north * Seneca Township, Lenawee County,

- northeast * Chesterfield Township - east * Dover Township - southeast corner * Franklin Township - south * Mill Creek Township, Williams County - west *

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- northwest The village of Fayette is located in central Gorham Township.

Name and history

It is the only Gorham 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.

Attractions

Harrison Lake State Park is located in the township.

Public services

Public Schools

Students from the township are served by the following public local

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: * Fayette Local School District

Mail

Mail is delivered in the township by the following

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locations: *

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43521 * West Unity, Ohio 43570

Telephone

Most of the township lies within the Fayette

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, which is served by Frontier North, with telephone numbers using the following Numbering Plan Codes: * 419-237 * 419-500 * 567-404 An eastern portion of the township is part of the Chesterfield telephone exchange, which is served by Windstream Ohio, with telephone numbers using the following code: * 419-452 A small southeastern area is served by the Wauseon exchange, which is provided by UTO (United Telephone Company of Ohio,) doing business as

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, with the following codes: * 419-330 * 419-335 * 419-337 * 419-388 * 419-404 * 419-583 * 419-590

Electric

Toledo Edison and Midwest Energy

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serves the township with electricity.PUCO: Electric Service Areas of Ohio
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Highways

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References

External links

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