Vermilion Township, Erie County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Vermilion 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 = 62.8
area_land_km2 = 56.9
area_water_km2 = 5.8
area_total_sq_mi = 24.2
area_land_sq_mi = 22.0
area_water_sq_mi = 2.3

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 9575
population_density_km2 = 168.2
population_density_sq_mi = 435.6

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 189
elevation_ft = 620
latd = 41 |latm = 24 |lats = 26 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 23 |longs = 13 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 44089
area_code = 440
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blank_info = 39-79730GR|2
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Vermilion 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 9,575 people in the township, 4,638 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 northeastern corner of the county along Lake Erie, it borders the following townships:
*Brownhelm Township, Lorain County - east
*Henrietta Township, Lorain County - southeast corner
*Florence Township - south
*Berlin Township - southwest

Part of the city of Vermilion is located in northeastern Vermilion Township along the shoreline of Lake Erie.

Name and history

It is the only Vermilion Township statewide, although there is a Vermillion Township in Ashland 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.erie-county-ohio.net County website]