Fairfield Township, Highland County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Fairfield Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Highland County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 102.8
area_land_km2 = 102.8
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 39.7
area_land_sq_mi = 39.7
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 3219
population_density_km2 = 31.3
population_density_sq_mi = 81.1

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 299
elevation_ft = 981
latd = 39 |latm = 20 |lats = 23 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 33 |longs = 27 |longEW = W

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Fairfield Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,219 people in the township, 1,683 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39071 Highland County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Green Township, Fayette County - north
*Perry Township, Fayette County - northeast corner
*Madison Township - east
*Paint Township - southeast
*Penn Township - southwest
*Green Township, Clinton County - west
*Wayne Township, Clinton County - northwest

Two incorporated villages are located in Fairfield Township: Highland in the west, and Leesburg in the center.

Name and history

It is one of seven Fairfield Townships 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.highlandcountyohio.com County website]