Brownhelm Township, Lorain County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Brownhelm Township, Lorain County, 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 = 52.2
area_land_km2 = 51.9
area_water_km2 = 0.4
area_total_sq_mi = 20.2
area_land_sq_mi = 20.0
area_water_sq_mi = 0.1

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 7782
population_density_km2 = 150.1
population_density_sq_mi = 388.7

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 199
elevation_ft = 653
latd = 41 |latm = 24 |lats = 12 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 19 |longs = 1 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 44001
area_code = 440
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blank_info = 39-09568GR|2
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Brownhelm Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 7,782 people in the township, 1,792 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.] Brownhelm was the first local government of any kind in the United States to elect a black man to public office; on on April 2, 1855, John Mercer Langston, a black man from Virginia, became town clerk. He would later become a United States Congressman. [ [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25013601/ The 'Obama before Obama'] The Washington Post, 2008. Accessed 7 June 2008.]

Geography

Located in northwestern Lorain County along the shores of Lake Erie, it borders the following townships and city:
*Lorain - northeast
*Amherst Township - east
*New Russia Township - southeast corner
*Henrietta Township - south
*Florence Township, Erie County - southwest corner
*Vermilion Township, Erie County - west

Parts of the city of Vermilion are located in northern Brownhelm Township.

Name and history

It is the only Brownhelm Township statewide.

Notable natives

*Burt Shotton, former Major League Baseball player and coach

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.brownhelm.com Brownhelm Township website]
* [http://www.loraincounty.us/website/splash.asp Lorain County website]