Fairfield Township, Huron County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Fairfield Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Fairfield Township in Huron County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 67.5
area_land_km2 = 67.5
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 26.1
area_land_sq_mi = 26.0
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1284
population_density_km2 = 19.0
population_density_sq_mi = 49.3

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 292
elevation_ft = 958
latd = 41 |latm = 6 |lats = 10 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 35 |longs = 43 |longEW = W

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Fairfield Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,284 people in the township, 711 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39077 Huron County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Norwalk Township - north
*Townsend Township - northeast corner
*Hartland Township - east
*Fitchville Township - southeast corner
*Fairfield Township - south
*Greenfield Township - southwest corner
*Peru Township - west
*Ridgefield Township - northwest corner

The village of North Fairfield is located in western Fairfield Township.

Name and history

It is one of seven Fairfield Townships 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.hccommissioners.com County website]