Greenfield Township is one of the nineteen
townships
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of
Huron County,
Ohio
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, United States. As of the
2020 census the population of the township was 1,320.
Geography
Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Peru Township - north
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Bronson Township - northeast corner
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Fairfield Township - east
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Ripley Township - southeast corner
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New Haven Township - south
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Richmond Township - southwest corner
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Norwich Township - west
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Sherman Township - northwest corner
The city of
Willard borders the southwestern corner of Greenfield Township, and the
unincorporated community
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of
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Places
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lies at the center of the township.
Name and history
Greenfield Township was organized in 1815.
It is named after
Greenfield Hill
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, a historic neighborhood in
Fairfield, Connecticut
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. Statewide, other Greenfield Townships are located in
Fairfield and
Gallia
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Counties.
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
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. 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