Grand Rapids Township, Wood County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Grand Rapids Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Grand Rapids Township in Wood County


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

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area_total_km2 = 36.1
area_land_km2 = 34.9
area_water_km2 = 1.1
area_total_sq_mi = 13.9
area_land_sq_mi = 13.5
area_water_sq_mi = 0.4

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1631
population_density_km2 = 46.7
population_density_sq_mi = 120.9

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 201
elevation_ft = 659
latd = 41 |latm = 24 |lats = 33 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 51 |longs = 27 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 43522
area_code = 419
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blank_info = 39-31220GR|2
blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
blank1_info = 1087183GR|3
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Grand Rapids Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,631 people in the township, 629 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39173 Wood County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Providence Township, Lucas County - north
*Washingtown Township - east
*Weston Township - southeast
*Damascus Township, Henry County - west
*Washington Township, Henry County - northwest corner

The village of Grand Rapids is located in northwestern Grand Rapids Township

Name and history

It is the only Grand Rapids Township statewide.

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.

The Grand Rapids Township House is located in Grand Rapids on Front Street, halfway between West Street and Beaver Street.fact|date=July 2007

References

External links

* [http://www.co.wood.oh.us County website]