Lenox Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Lenox 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 = 63.2
area_land_km2 = 63.0
area_water_km2 = 0.1
area_total_sq_mi = 24.4
area_land_sq_mi = 24.3
area_water_sq_mi = 0.1

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1388
population_density_km2 = 22.0
population_density_sq_mi = 57.0

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 305
elevation_ft = 1001
latd = 41 |latm = 41 |lats = 14 |latNS = N
longd = 80 |longm = 45 |longs = 7 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 44047
area_code = 440
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blank_info = 39-42742GR|2
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Lenox Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,388 people in 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 center of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Jefferson Township - north
*Denmark Township - northeast corner
*Dorset Township - east
*Cherry Valley Township - southeast corner
*New Lyme Township - south
*Rome Township - southwest corner
*Morgan Township - west
*Austinburg Township - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Lenox Township.

Name and history

It is the only Lenox Township statewide.

The first settler in Lenox Township was former Maryland resident Lyle Asque, who arrived in 1807. [ [http://www2.ashtabula.com/detail.asp?id=2184 Ashtabula County, Ohio] Ashtabula County, 2007. Accessed 2007-05-28.]

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 members of the board are John Maylish, Wynn Wessell, and Doug White. [ [http://www2.ashtabula.com/detail.asp?id=2184 Ashtabula County, Ohio] Ashtabula County, 2007. Accessed 2007-05-28.]

References

External links

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