Elyria Township, Lorain County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Elyria 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 = 15.3
area_land_km2 = 15.3
area_water_km2 = 0.1
area_total_sq_mi = 5.9
area_land_sq_mi = 5.9
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 3520
population_density_km2 = 230.7
population_density_sq_mi = 597.6

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 226
elevation_ft = 741
latd = 41 |latm = 23 |lats = 45 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 8 |longs = 25 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP codes
postal_code = 44000-44099
area_code = 440
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blank_info = 39-25270GR|2
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Elyria Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,520 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 northern Lorain County, it borders the following townships and cities:
*Sheffield Township - north
*Elyria - east
*Carlisle Township - south
*New Russia Township - southwest corner
*Amherst Township - west
*Lorain - northwest

No municipalities are located in Elyria Township, other than the city of Elyria, which has annexed the majority of the township.

Name and history

It is the only Elyria 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]