Westfield Township, Medina County, Ohio
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Westfield Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina 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. The 2020 census found 2,632 people in the township.


Geography

Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Lafayette Township - north * Montville Township - northeast corner * Guilford Township - east * Milton Township, Wayne County - southeast corner * Canaan Township, Wayne County - south * Harrisville Township - west * Chatham Township - northwest corner Two villages are located in Westfield Township: *Part of Creston, in the southeast * Westfield Center, in the center Westfield Township also surrounds the township and village of Gloria Glens Park in the northeast corner of the township.


Name and history

Statewide, the only other Westfield Township is located in Morrow County.


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
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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.


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Township websiteCounty websiteTownship History
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