Geneva Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Geneva Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Ashtabula County.


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Ashtabula

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area_total_km2 = 67.8
area_land_km2 = 67.7
area_water_km2 = 0.1
area_total_sq_mi = 26.2
area_land_sq_mi = 26.1
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 11954
population_density_km2 = 176.5
population_density_sq_mi = 457.2

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 196
elevation_ft = 643
latd = 41 |latm = 49 |lats = 12 |latNS = N
longd = 80 |longm = 56 |longs = 30 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 44041
area_code = 440
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blank_info = 39-29624GR|2
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Geneva Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 11,954 people in the township, 3,814 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39007 Ashtabula County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the northwestern corner of the county along Lake Erie, it borders the following townships:
*Saybrook Township - east
*Austinburg Township - southeast corner
*Harpersfield Township - south
*Madison Township, Lake County - west

The Canadian province of Ontario lies across Lake Erie to the north.

Two municipalities are located in Geneva Township: most of the city of Geneva in the south, and the village of Geneva-on-the-Lake in the north, on the shoreline of Lake Erie.

Name and history

Named for the city of Geneva, New York, [ [http://www2.ashtabula.com/detail.asp?id=2197 Ashtabula County, Ohio] Ashtabula County, 2007. Accessed 2007-05-28.] it is the only Geneva 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. Currently, the board is composed of chairman Richard Pruden and members Tim Mills and Bob Russell. [ [http://www2.ashtabula.com/detail.asp?id=2197 Ashtabula County, Ohio] Ashtabula County, 2007. Accessed 2007-05-28.]

References

External links

* [http://www.co.ashtabula.oh.us County website]