- Eaton Township, Lorain County, Ohio
Infobox Settlement
official_name = Eaton Township, Lorain County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities of Lorain County, Ohio
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subdivision_name =United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 =Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Loraingovernment_footnotes =
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area_total_km2 = 60.6
area_land_km2 = 60.6
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 23.4
area_land_sq_mi = 23.4
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0population_as_of = 2000
population_footnotes =
population_total = 9675
population_density_km2 = 159.7
population_density_sq_mi = 413.6timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 241
elevation_ft = 791
latd = 41 |latm = 19 |lats = 13 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 1 |longs = 38 |longEW = Wpostal_code_type =
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blank_info = 39-24220GR|2
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footnotes =Eaton Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County,
Ohio ,United States . The 2000 census found 9,675 people 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.]Geography
Located in eastern Lorain County, it borders the following townships and cities:
*North Ridgeville - north
*Olmsted Township, Cuyahoga County - northeast corner
*Columbia Township - east
*Liverpool Township, Medina County - southeast corner
*Grafton Township - south
*LaGrange Township - southwest corner
*Carlisle Township - west
*Elyria - northwest cornerTwo municipalities are partially located in Eaton Township: a small corner of Elyria in the northwest, and the majority of Grafton in the south. The
census-designated place of Eaton Estates lies in the center of the township.Name and history
It is the only Eaton 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]
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