Windsor Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Windsor Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Ashtabula County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 64.0
area_land_km2 = 63.9
area_water_km2 = 0.1
area_total_sq_mi = 24.7
area_land_sq_mi = 24.7
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1932
population_density_km2 = 30.2
population_density_sq_mi = 78.3

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 305
elevation_ft = 1001
latd = 41 |latm = 32 |lats = 5 |latNS = N
longd = 80 |longm = 56 |longs = 45 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 44099
area_code = 440
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blank_info = 39-85988GR|2
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Windsor Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,932 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39007 Ashtabula County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Hartsgrove Township - north
*Rome Township - northeast corner
*Orwell Township - east
*Bloomfield Township, Trumbull County - southeast corner
*Mesopotamia Township, Trumbull County - south
*Middlefield Township, Geauga County - southwest corner
*Huntsburg Township, Geauga County - west
*Montville Township, Geauga County - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Windsor Township, although the unincorporated community of Windsor lies in the township's east.

Name and history

Statewide, other Windsor Townships are located in Lawrence and Morgan Counties.

The earliest white settler in Windsor Township was George Phelps, who came to the area from Connecticut in 1799. [ [http://www2.ashtabula.com/detail.asp?id=2186 Ashtabula County, Ohio] Ashtabula County, 2007. Accessed 2007-05-28.]

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. Currently, the board is composed of chairman Jeffrey Merritt and members Bonnie Plizga and Robert Slusher. [ [http://www2.ashtabula.com/detail.asp?id=2186 Ashtabula County, Ohio] Ashtabula County, 2007. Accessed 2007-05-28.]

References

External links

* [http://www.co.ashtabula.oh.us County website]