Ravenna Township, Portage County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Ravenna Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location within Portage County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 53.4
area_land_km2 = 52.8
area_water_km2 = 0.6
area_total_sq_mi = 20.6
area_land_sq_mi = 20.4
area_water_sq_mi = 0.2

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 9270
population_density_km2 = 175.5
population_density_sq_mi = 454.5

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 337
elevation_ft = 1106
latd = 41 |latm = 10 |lats = 7 |latNS = N
longd = 81 |longm = 14 |longs = 43 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 44266
area_code = 330, 234
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blank_info = 39-65606GR|2
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Ravenna Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 9,270 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39133 Portage 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 and city:
*Shalersville Township - north
*Freedom Township - northeast corner
*Charlestown Township - east
*Edinburg Township - southeast corner
*Rootstown Township - south
*Brimfield Township - southwest corner
*Franklin Township - west
*Streetsboro - northwest corner

The city of Ravenna, the county seat of Portage County, which became independent of the township in 1993, [ [http://www.census.gov/popest/archives/1990s/boundary_changes/39.html Census Bureau data] ] is surrounded by Ravenna Township.

Formed from Town 3, Range 8 of the Connecticut Western Reserve, Ravenna Township covers an area of 20 sq mi.

Name and history

It is the only Ravenna 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 fiscal officer, 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.

References

External links

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