Berlin Township is one of the nine townships

Civil township

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 of Erie County

Erie County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 79,551 people, 31,727 households, and 21,764 families residing in the county. The population density was 312 people per square mile . There were 35,909 housing units at an average density of 141 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. It is part of the Sandusky, Ohio

Sandusky, Ohio

Sandusky is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Erie County. It is located in northern Ohio and is situated on the shores of Lake Erie, almost exactly half-way between Toledo to the west and Cleveland to the east....

 metropolitan statistical area. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

 found 3,702 people in the township, 3,017 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the eastern part of the county along Lake Erie

Lake Erie

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, it borders the following townships:

• Vermilion Township
  Vermilion Township, Erie County, Ohio
  Vermilion Township is one of the nine townships of Erie County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Sandusky, Ohio metropolitan statistical area...
  
   - northeast
• Florence Township
  Florence Township, Erie County, Ohio
  Florence Township is one of the nine townships of Erie County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Sandusky, Ohio metropolitan statistical area...
  
   - east
• Wakeman Township, Huron County
  Wakeman Township, Huron County, Ohio
  Wakeman Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,528 people in the township, 1,577 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Townsend Township, Huron County
  Townsend Township, Huron County, Ohio
  Townsend Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,567 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the northern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Norwalk Township, Huron County
  Norwalk Township, Huron County, Ohio
  Norwalk Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,685 people in the township, 3,265 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Milan Township
  Milan Township, Erie County, Ohio
  Milan Township is one of the nine townships of Erie County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Sandusky, Ohio metropolitan statistical area...
  
   - west
• Huron Township
  Huron Township, Erie County, Ohio
  Huron Township is one of the nine townships of Erie County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Sandusky, Ohio metropolitan statistical area...
  
   - northwest

The village of Berlin Heights

Berlin Heights, Ohio

Berlin Heights is a village in Erie County, Ohio, United States. The population was 685 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Sandusky, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area....

 is located in southern Berlin Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Berlin Townships are located in Delaware

Berlin Township, Delaware County, Ohio

Berlin Township is one of the eighteen townships of Delaware County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,315 people in the township, 3,313 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

, Holmes

Berlin Township, Holmes County, Ohio

Berlin Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,857 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the east central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

, Knox

Berlin Township, Knox County, Ohio

Berlin Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,789 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

, and Mahoning 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.