Dorset Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio

Dorset Township, Ohio
—  Township  —
Municipalities and townships of Ashtabula County.
Coordinates: 41°40′35″N 80°40′7″W / 41.67639°N 80.66861°W / 41.67639; -80.66861Coordinates: 41°40′35″N 80°40′7″W / 41.67639°N 80.66861°W / 41.67639; -80.66861
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Ashtabula
Area
– Total	23.1 sq mi (59.8 km2)
– Land	23.1 sq mi (59.8 km2)
– Water	0.0 sq mi (0.1 km2)
Elevation[1]	978 ft (298 m)
Population (2000)
– Total	892
– Density	38.6/sq mi (14.9/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
– Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	44032
Area code(s)	440
FIPS code	39-22344[2]
GNIS feature ID	1085725[1]

Dorset Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 892 people in the township.^[3]

Geography

Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Denmark Township - north
• Pierpont Township - northeast corner
• Richmond Township - east
• Andover Township - southeast corner
• Cherry Valley Township - south
• New Lyme Township - southwest corner
• Lenox Township - west
• Jefferson Township - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Dorset Township, although the unincorporated community of Dorset lies in the center of the township.

Name and history

It is the only Dorset Township statewide.^[4]

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 fiscal officer,^[5] 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 fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees. Currently, the board is composed of chairman Herbert Dean and members James Bailey and Jeffrey Hinkle.^[6]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
2. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
3. ^ Ashtabula County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
4. ^ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/cousub_outline/cen2k_pgsz/oh_cosub.pdf. Retrieved 2007-02-16. 
5. ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.
6. ^ Ashtabula County, Ohio Ashtabula County, 2007. Accessed 2007-05-28.

External links

• County website