Edinburg Township, Portage County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Edinburg Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
nickname =
motto =

imagesize =
image_caption =


image_

mapsize = 250x200px
map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Portage County.


mapsize1 =
map_caption1 =

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

government_footnotes =
government_type =
leader_title =
leader_name =
leader_title1 =
leader_name1 =
established_title =
established_date =

unit_pref = Imperial
area_footnotes =

area_magnitude =
area_total_km2 = 63.4
area_land_km2 = 62.6
area_water_km2 = 0.7
area_total_sq_mi = 24.5
area_land_sq_mi = 24.2
area_water_sq_mi = 0.3

population_as_of = 2000
population_footnotes =
population_total = 2344
population_density_km2 = 37.4
population_density_sq_mi = 96.9

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 360
elevation_ft = 1181
latd = 41 |latm = 6 |lats = 22 |latNS = N
longd = 81 |longm = 8 |longs = 58 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 44272 and 44266
area_code = 330
blank_name = FIPS code
blank_info = 39-24584GR|2
blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
blank1_info = 1086826GR|3
website =
footnotes =

Edinburg Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,344 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 southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Charlestown Township - north
*Paris Township - northeast corner
*Palmyra Township - east
*Deerfield Township - southeast corner
*Atwater Township - south
*Randolph Township - southwest corner
*Rootstown Township - west
*Ravenna Township - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Edinburg Township.

Formed from the Connecticut Western Reserve, Edinburg Township covers an area of 24 sq mi.

Name and history

It is the only Edinburg 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.co.portage.oh.us County website]