Westfield Township, Medina County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Westfield Township, Medina County, 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 = 66.1
area_land_km2 = 65.8
area_water_km2 = 0.4
area_total_sq_mi = 25.5
area_land_sq_mi = 25.4
area_water_sq_mi = 0.1

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 4172
population_density_km2 = 63.4
population_density_sq_mi = 164.2

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 310
elevation_ft = 1017
latd = 41 |latm = 1 |lats = 44 |latNS = N
longd = 81 |longm = 55 |longs = 47 |longEW = W

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Westfield Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,172 people in the township, 2,545 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of 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 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

Three villages are located in Westfield Township:
*Part of Creston, in the southeast
*Part of Gloria Glens Park, in the northeast
*Westfield Center, in the center

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 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.co.medina.oh.us County website]