Richmond Township is one of the nineteen
townships of
Huron County,
Ohio
Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...
, United States. As of the
2020 census the population of the township was 985.
Geography
Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Norwich Township - north
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Greenfield Township - northeast corner
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New Haven Township - east
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Auburn Township, Crawford County - south
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Cranberry Township, Crawford County - southwest
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Venice Township, Seneca County - west
Richmond Township includes almost all of the county's border with Crawford County.
The city of
Willard borders the northeastern side of Richmond 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
Celeryville lies on the township's northeastern border with New Haven Township.
Name and history
Statewide, the only other Richmond Township is located in
Ashtabula County.
Richmond Township was organized in 1836.
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 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 Huron County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio