Sheffield Township, Lorain County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Sheffield Township, Ohio
settlement_type = 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 = 6.3
area_land_km2 = 6.3
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 2.4
area_land_sq_mi = 2.4
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 4117
population_density_km2 = 657.5
population_density_sq_mi = 1702.9

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 206
elevation_ft = 676
latd = 41 |latm = 25 |lats = 16 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 7 |longs = 42 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 44055
area_code = 440
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blank_info = 39-72067GR|2
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Sheffield Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,117 people in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://censtats.census.gov/data/OH/0603909372067.pdf 2000 Census data] Accessed 14 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in northern Lorain County, it borders the following townships and municipalities:
*Lorain - north
*Sheffield - east
*Elyria - southeast
*Elyria Township - south
*Amherst Township - southwest corner

No municipalities are located in Sheffield Township, other than the cities of Lorain and Sheffield Lake and village of Sheffield that have incorporated most of Sheffield Township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Sheffield Township is located in Ashtabula County.

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.

Education

The school in Sheffield Township is Clearview School District.

References

External links

* [http://www.loraincounty.us/website/splash.asp Lorain County website]
* [http://clearview.k12.oh.us Clearview Schools website]