Amherst Township, Lorain County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Amherst Township, Lorain County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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image_caption = Houses and fields in western Amherst Township


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map_caption = Municipalities of Lorain County, Ohio


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

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area_total_km2 = 40.0
area_land_km2 = 39.9
area_water_km2 = 0.1
area_total_sq_mi = 15.5
area_land_sq_mi = 15.4
area_water_sq_mi = 0.1

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 7598
population_density_km2 = 190.5
population_density_sq_mi = 493.4

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 225
elevation_ft = 738
latd = 41 |latm = 22 |lats = 52 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 12 |longs = 48 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 44001
area_code = 440
blank_name = FIPS code
blank_info = 39-01812GR|2
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blank1_info = 1086499GR|3
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Amherst Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 7,598 people in the township, 6,174 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39093 Lorain County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 14 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in northern Lorain County, it borders the following townships and city:
*Lorain - north
*Sheffield Township - northeast corner
*Elyria Township - east
*Carlisle Township - southeast corner
*New Russia Township - south
*Henrietta Township - southwest corner
*Brownhelm Township - west

The city of Amherst is located in northwestern Amherst Township, and part of the village of South Amherst lies in the southwestern part of the township.

Name and history

It is the only Amherst 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. The current trustees are Dennis Abraham, Neil Lynch, and David Urig. [ [http://amhersttownship.us/ Amherst Township] Accessed 2007-05-14.]

References

External links

* [http://amhersttownship.us/ Amherst Township website]
* [http://www.loraincounty.us/website/splash.asp Lorain County website]