Wakeman Township, Huron County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Wakeman Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Wakeman 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 = 65.4
area_land_km2 = 65.2
area_water_km2 = 0.2
area_total_sq_mi = 25.3
area_land_sq_mi = 25.2
area_water_sq_mi = 0.1

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 2528
population_density_km2 = 38.8
population_density_sq_mi = 100.4

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 246
elevation_ft = 807
latd = 41 |latm = 15 |lats = 20 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 23 |longs = 48 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 44889
area_code = 440
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blank_info = 39-80472GR|2
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blank1_info = 1086361GR|3
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Wakeman Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,528 people in the township, 1,577 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 northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Florence Township, Erie County - north
*Henrietta Township, Lorain County - northeast
*Camden Township, Lorain County - east
*Clarksfield Township - south
*Hartland Township - southwest corner
*Townsend Township - west
*Berlin Township, Erie County - northwest corner

The village of Wakeman is located in central Wakeman Township.

Name and history

It is the only Wakeman 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.hccommissioners.com County website]