Northfield Center Township is one of the nine
townships
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of
Summit County,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2020 census found 5,597 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships and municipalities:
*
Northfield - north
*
Macedonia
Macedonia (, , , ), most commonly refers to:
* North Macedonia, a country in southeastern Europe, known until 2019 as the Republic of Macedonia
* Macedonia (ancient kingdom), a kingdom in Greek antiquity
* Macedonia (Greece), a former administr ...
- northeast
*
Hudson
Hudson may refer to:
People
* Hudson (given name)
* Hudson (surname)
* Hudson (footballer, born 1986), Hudson Fernando Tobias de Carvalho, Brazilian football right-back
* Hudson (footballer, born 1988), Hudson Rodrigues dos Santos, Brazilian f ...
- southeast corner
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Boston Heights - south
*
Boston Township - southwest
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Sagamore Hills Township - west
Several municipalities are located in what was originally part of Northfield Center Township:
*A small part of the village of Boston Heights, in the southeast
*The village of Northfield, in the north
*Much of the city of Macedonia, in the east
Name and history
It is the only Northfield Center Township statewide.
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
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 April 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
Township websiteCounty website
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Townships in Summit County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio
Cleveland metropolitan area