Penfield Township, Lorain County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Penfield 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 = 57.2
area_land_km2 = 57.0
area_water_km2 = 0.1
area_total_sq_mi = 22.1
area_land_sq_mi = 22.0
area_water_sq_mi = 0.1

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1690
population_density_km2 = 29.6
population_density_sq_mi = 76.7

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 257
elevation_ft = 843
latd = 41 |latm = 10 |lats = 19 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 6 |longs = 32 |longEW = W

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Penfield Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,690 people in 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 southeastern Lorain County, it borders the following townships:
*LaGrange Township - north
*Grafton Township - northeast corner
*Litchfield Township, Medina County - east
*Chatham Township, Medina County - southeast corner
*Spencer Township, Medina County - south
*Huntington Township - southwest corner
*Wellington Township - west
*Pittsfield Township - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Penfield Township.

Name and history

It is the only Penfield 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.loraincounty.us/website/splash.asp Lorain County website]