Huron Township, Erie County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Huron Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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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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area_total_km2 = 72.0
area_land_km2 = 61.3
area_water_km2 = 10.7
area_total_sq_mi = 27.8
area_land_sq_mi = 23.7
area_water_sq_mi = 4.1

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 10530
population_density_km2 = 171.6
population_density_sq_mi = 444.5

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 181
elevation_ft = 594
latd = 41 |latm = 23 |lats = 52 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 34 |longs = 49 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 44839
area_code = 419
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blank_info = 39-37030GR|2
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Huron 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 10,530 people in the township, 2,572 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 northern part of the county along Lake Erie, it borders the following townships and city:
*Berlin Township - southeast
*Milan Township - south
*Oxford Township - southwest corner
*Perkins Township - west
*Sandusky - northwest

The city of Huron occupies much of Huron Township's shoreline.

Name and history

It is the only Huron 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.

References

External links

* [http://www.erie-county-ohio.net County website]