Chesterfield Township is one of the twelve townships

Civil township

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 of Fulton County

Fulton County, Ohio

Fulton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of 2010, the population was 42,698. Its county seat is Wauseon. Fulton County is named for Robert Fulton, inventor of the steamboat....

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,050 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the northern part of the county along the Michigan

Michigan

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 border, it borders the following townships:

• Seneca Township, Lenawee County
  Seneca Township, Michigan
  Seneca Township is a civil township of Lenawee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,303 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.-Demographics:As of the census...
  
  , Michigan
  Michigan
  Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
  
   - north
• Fairfield Township, Lenawee County, Michigan
  Fairfield Township, Lenawee County, Michigan
  Fairfield Township is a civil township of Lenawee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 1,756.- Communities :...
  
   - northeast corner
• Royalton Township
  Royalton Township, Fulton County, Ohio
  Royalton Township is one of the twelve townships of Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,502 people in the township, 943 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Pike Township
  Pike Township, Fulton County, Ohio
  Pike Township is one of the twelve townships of Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,738 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Royalton Township - north...
  
   - southeast
• Dover Township
  Dover Township, Fulton County, Ohio
  Dover Township is one of the twelve townships of Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,468 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Chesterfield Township - north...
  
   - south
• Franklin Township
  Franklin Township, Fulton County, Ohio
  Franklin Township is one of the twelve townships of Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 739 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Gorham Township - north...
  
   - southwest corner
• Gorham Township
  Gorham Township, Fulton County, Ohio
  Gorham Township is one of the twelve townships of Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,372 people in the township, 1,032 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
  - west

No municipalities are located in Chesterfield Township.

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.