Sheffield Township is one of the twenty-seven
townships
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of
Ashtabula County
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,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2020 census found 1,499 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Kingsville Township - north
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Monroe Township - east
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Pierpont Township - southeast corner
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Denmark Township - south
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Jefferson Township - southwest corner
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Plymouth Township - west
No municipalities are located in Sheffield Township.
Name and history
Statewide, the only other Sheffield Township is located in
Lorain County.
The first settlers in Sheffield Township were John Shaw, a former
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Etymology
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, and his wife, who came in 1812.
[Ashtabula County, Ohio](_blank)
Ashtabula County, 2007. Accessed 2007-05-28. When the township was organized in 1817 – 1820, John Griggs, first Justice of the Peace, changed the name to Sheffield, meaning "sheaf of fields", when it was disconnected from Kingsville Township in 1820. Prior to that time that portion of
Kingsville Township had been called East Matherstown, to distinguish it from Matherstown, a name by which
Saybrook Township was at one time known.
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 officer position or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees. The current members of the board are Alan Kohta, Troy Vanek, and Kirk White.
References
External links
Township websiteCounty website
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Townships in Ashtabula County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio