Sullivan Township, Ashland County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Sullivan Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Sullivan Township in Ashland County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 66.0
area_land_km2 = 65.9
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 25.5
area_land_sq_mi = 25.5
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 2076
population_density_km2 = 31.5
population_density_sq_mi = 81.5

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 346
elevation_ft = 1135
latd = 41 |latm = 1 |lats = 46 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 13 |longs = 21 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 44880
area_code = 419
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blank_info = 39-75357GR|2
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Sullivan Township is one of the fifteen townships of Ashland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,076 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39005 Ashland 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:
*Huntington Township, Lorain County - north
*Spencer Township, Medina County - northeast corner
*Homer Township, Medina County - east
*Jackson Township - southeast
*Orange Township - southwest
*Troy Township - west
*Rochester Township, Lorain County - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Sullivan Township, although the unincorporated community of Sullivan is located in the center of the township.

Name and history

It is the only Sullivan 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.ashlandcounty.org County website]