Lenox Township is one of the twenty-seven
townships of
Ashtabula County,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2020 census found 1,374 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Jefferson Township - north
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Denmark Township - northeast corner
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Dorset Township - east
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Cherry Valley Township - southeast corner
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New Lyme Township - south
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Rome Township - southwest corner
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Morgan Township - west
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Austinburg Township - northwest corner
No municipalities are located in Lenox Township.
Name and history
It is the only Lenox Township statewide.
The first settler in Lenox Township was former
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east ...
resident Lyle Asque, who arrived in 1807.
[Ashtabula County, Ohio](_blank)
Ashtabula County, 2007. Accessed 2007-05-28. Lenox Township was organized in 1819.
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, Robin Hayford-Fiebig
§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. Currently, the members of the board are John Maylish, Barry Weaver, and James Robinsoni
References
External links
County website
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Townships in Ashtabula County, Ohio
1819 establishments in Ohio
Populated places established in 1819
Townships in Ohio