Vermilion Township is one of the nine
townships of
Erie County,
Ohio
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, United States. It is part of the
Sandusky, Ohio
Sandusky ( ) is a city in Erie County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Situated on the southern shore of Lake Erie, Sandusky is located roughly midway between Toledo, Ohio, Toledo ( west) and Cleveland ( east). At the 2020 United Stat ...
metropolitan statistical area. As of the
2020 census the population was 4,857.
Geography
Located in the northeastern corner of the county along
Lake Erie
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, it borders the following townships:
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Brownhelm Township, Lorain County - east
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Henrietta Township, Lorain County - southeast corner
*
Florence Township - south
*
Berlin Township - southwest
Part of the city of
Vermilion
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is located in northeastern Vermilion Township along the shoreline of Lake Erie.
Name and history
* It is the only Vermilion Township statewide, although there is a
Vermillion Township in Ashland County. (Originally both of these townships had used the same double-L spelling, "Vermillion".)
* Vermilion Township was named from the
Vermilion River. This township was established about 1808, and it originally extended westward all the way to the Huron River. However, that western section was later annexed onto Huron Township and Berlin Township.
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
Township websiteCounty website
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Townships in Erie County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio