Auburn Township is one of the sixteen townships

Civil township

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 of Geauga County

Geauga County, Ohio

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, Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 5,158 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships and city:

• Newbury Township
  Newbury Township, Geauga County, Ohio
  Newbury Township is one of the sixteen townships of Geauga County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census found 5,537 people in the township.As of the 2000 census, the center of population in Geauga County was located in northeastern Newbury Township, near Oak Tree Trail.-Geography:Located in the...
  
   - north
• Burton Township
  Burton Township, Geauga County, Ohio
  Burton Township is one of the sixteen townships of Geauga County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,358 people in the township, 2,908 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Troy Township
  Troy Township, Geauga County, Ohio
  Troy Township is one of the sixteen townships of Geauga County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,567 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Burton Township - north...
  
   - east
• Hiram Township, Portage County
  Hiram Township, Portage County, Ohio
  Hiram Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,296 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following other townships:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Mantua Township, Portage County
  Mantua Township, Portage County, Ohio
  The village of Mantua, which became independent of the township in 1993, is located in southern Mantua Township.Formed from the Connecticut Western Reserve, Mantua Township covers an area of .-Notable people:...
  
   - south
• Aurora - southwest corner
• Bainbridge Township
  Bainbridge Township, Geauga County, Ohio
  Bainbridge Township is one of the sixteen townships of Geauga County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 10,916 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships and cities:...
  
   - west
• Russell Township
  Russell Township, Geauga County, Ohio
  Russell Township is one of the sixteen townships of Geauga County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,529 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships and villages:...
  
   - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Auburn Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Auburn Townships are located in Crawford

Auburn Township, Crawford County, Ohio

Auburn Township is one of the sixteen townships of Crawford County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 897 people in the township, 616 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

 and Tuscarawas

Auburn Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio

Auburn Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,078 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

Counties.

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.

External links

• Auburn Township website
• Geauga County website