Berlin Township, Erie County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Berlin Township, Erie County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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image_caption = Countryside in central Berlin Township


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map_caption = Location of Berlin Township in Erie County


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

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unit_pref = Imperial
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area_total_km2 = 82.0
area_land_km2 = 79.3
area_water_km2 = 2.7
area_total_sq_mi = 31.6
area_land_sq_mi = 30.6
area_water_sq_mi = 1.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 3702
population_density_km2 = 46.7
population_density_sq_mi = 121.0

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 239
elevation_ft = 784
latd = 41 |latm = 20 |lats = 18 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 30 |longs = 4 |longEW = W

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blank_info = 39-05802GR|2
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blank1_info = 1086061GR|3
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Berlin Township is one of the nine townships of Erie County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Sandusky, Ohio metropolitan statistical area. The 2000 census found 3,702 people in the township, 3,017 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39043 Erie County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the eastern part of the county along Lake Erie, it borders the following townships:
*Vermilion Township - northeast
*Florence Township - east
*Wakeman Township, Huron County - southeast corner
*Townsend Township, Huron County - south
*Norwalk Township, Huron County - southwest corner
*Milan Township - west
*Huron Township - northwest

The village of Berlin Heights is located in southern Berlin Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Berlin Townships are located in Delaware, Holmes, Knox, and Mahoning Counties.

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.erie-county-ohio.net County website]