Lyme Township is one of the nineteen
townships of
Huron County,
Ohio
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, United States. As of the
2020 census the population of the township was 873.
Geography
Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Groton Township, Erie County - north
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Oxford Township, Erie County - northeast corner
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Ridgefield Township - east
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Peru Township - southeast corner
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Sherman Township - south
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Thompson Township, Seneca County - southwest
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York Township, Sandusky County - northwest
It is the only township in the county to border Sandusky County.
The city of
Bellevue borders the northwestern portion of Lyme Township, and the
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
of
Hunts Corners lies in the township's southeastern corner.
Name and history
It is the only Lyme Township statewide.
Settlement of Lyme Township began in 1808. Three years later, the "Sutton Settlement" (now Hunts Corners) was established in the southeastern portion of the county.
National Register of Historic Places
The
John Wright Mansion
The John Wright Mansion is a historic farmhouse located east of Bellevue, Ohio, Bellevue in northwestern Huron County, Ohio, Huron County, Ohio, United States. Built in 1881, it represents an unusual combination of location and architectural s ...
, located on
State Route 113, was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
on February 27, 1974. In 1993, the entirety of Hunts Corners was listed on the Register as a
historic district
A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains historic building, older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal p ...
.
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. In 2009, the board was composed of Roger Hunker, David Lepley, and Michael C. Nottke, and the fiscal officer was Deborah Hawkins.
Officials of Huron County Townships
Huron County, 2009. Accessed 2009-04-20.
References
External links
Lyme Township official websiteCounty website
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Historic Lyme VillageMargie Pfund Memorial Post Mark Museum and Research Library
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Townships in Huron County, Ohio
Populated places established in 1808
Townships in Ohio