Liverpool Township, Medina County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Liverpool Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Medina County.


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Medina

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area_total_km2 = 67.0
area_land_km2 = 67.0
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 25.9
area_land_sq_mi = 25.9
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 4329
population_density_km2 = 64.6
population_density_sq_mi = 167.4

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 271
elevation_ft = 889
latd = 41 |latm = 13 |lats = 51 |latNS = N
longd = 81 |longm = 55 |longs = 29 |longEW = W

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Liverpool Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,329 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39103 Medina County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships and city:
*Columbia Township, Lorain County - north
*Strongsville - northeast corner
*Brunswick Hills Township - east
*Medina Township - southeast corner
*York Township - south
*Litchfield Township - southwest corner
*Grafton Township, Lorain County - west
*Eaton Township, Lorain County - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Liverpool Township, although the unincorporated community of Valley City is located in the center of the township. The "Frog Jump Capital of Ohio," it lies at the intersection of State Routes 303 (Center Road) and 252 (Columbia Road).

Liverpool Township is located between 20 and 30 miles south of Lake Erie and about five miles west of Interstate 71.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Liverpool Township is located in Columbiana 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 clerk, 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 clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References

External links

* [http://www.liverpooltwp.org Township website]
* [http://www.co.medina.oh.us County website]