Liverpool Township is one of the seventeen
townships of
Medina County,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2020 census found 5,750 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships and city:
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Columbia Township, Lorain County - north
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Strongsville - northeast corner
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Brunswick Hills Township - east
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Medina Township - southeast corner
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York Township - south
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Litchfield Township - southwest corner
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Grafton Township, Lorain County - west
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Eaton Township, Lorain County - northwest corner
No municipalities are located in Liverpool Township, although the
unincorporated community
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of
Valley City is located in the center of the township. The "Frog Jump Capital of Ohio," it lies at the intersection of State Routes
303
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(Center Road) and
252
Year 252 ( CCLII) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Trebonianus and Volusianus (or, less frequently, year 1005 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 252 for t ...
(Columbia Road).
Liverpool Township is located between 20 and 30 miles south of
Lake Erie
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and about five miles west of
Interstate 71
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.
Name and history
This township was named after
Liverpool
Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population ...
, England. Statewide, the only other Liverpool Township is located in
Columbiana County
Columbiana County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 101,877. The county seat is Lisbon and its largest city is Salem. Created in 1803, the county name is derived from that of 15th-centur ...
. According to research and Township residents, Liverpool Township was the first permanent settlement in Medina County.
History of Liverpool Township, Ohio
Litchfield Township, 2019. Accessed 15 May 2019. Liverpool Township was established in 1816.
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 clerk, 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 clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.
Notable people
* Jenny Terrill Ruprecht (1839-1916), writer
References
External links
Township websiteCounty website
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Townships in Medina County, Ohio
Populated places established in 1816
1816 establishments in Ohio
Townships in Ohio