Guilford Township is one of the seventeen
townships of
Medina County,
Ohio
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, United States. With the Village of Seville and territory ceded to the City of Rittman for the Western Reserve National Cemetery, it encompasses an area of about twenty-five square miles. The
2020 census found 3,076 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Montville Township - north
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Sharon Township - northeast corner
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Wadsworth Township - east
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Milton Township, Wayne County - south
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Canaan Township, Wayne County - southwest corner
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Westfield Township - west
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Lafayette Township - northwest corner
Two municipalities are located in Guilford Township: part of the city of
Rittman in the southeast, and the village of
Seville
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in the west.
Name and history
It is the only Guilford Township statewide. Derived from Guilford, Connecticut; a place from which the area’s original white settlers came from.
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 Medina County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio