Litchfield Township, Medina County, Ohio
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Litchfield Township is one of the seventeen townships
Civil township
A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States, subordinate to, and geographic divisions of, a county. Specific responsibilities and the degree of autonomy vary based on each state. Civil townships are distinct from survey townships, but in states that have both,...

 of Medina County, Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

, United States
United States
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. 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 3,250 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the west part of the county, it borders the following townships:
  • Grafton Township, Lorain County
    Grafton Township, Lorain County, Ohio
    Grafton Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,722 people in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:Located in southeastern Lorain County, it borders the following townships:...

     - north
  • Liverpool Township
    Liverpool Township, Medina County, Ohio
    Liverpool Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,329 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships and city:...

     - northeast corner
  • York Township
    York Township, Medina County, Ohio
    York Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,912 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Liverpool Township - north...

     - east
  • Lafayette Township
    Lafayette Township, Medina County, Ohio
    Lafayette Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,329 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:*York Township - north...

     - southeast corner
  • Chatham Township
    Chatham Township, Medina County, Ohio
    Chatham Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,158 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the west part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Litchfield Township - north...

     - south
  • Spencer Township
    Spencer Township, Medina County, Ohio
    Spencer Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,429 people in the township, 1,682 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

     - southwest corner
  • Penfield Township, Lorain County
    Penfield Township, Lorain County, Ohio
    Penfield Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,690 people in the township.-Geography:Located in southeastern Lorain County, it borders the following townships:*LaGrange Township - north...

     - west
  • LaGrange Township, Lorain County
    LaGrange Township, Lorain County, Ohio
    LaGrange Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,972 people in the township, 4,157 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

     - northwest corner


No municipalities are located in Litchfield Township, although the unincorporated community
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 of Litchfield
Litchfield, Ohio
Litchfield is an unincorporated community in central Litchfield Township, Medina County, Ohio, United States. It is situated at the junction of State Routes 83 and 18, about nine miles northwest of the city of Medina. Litchfield was established in 1831....

lies at the center of the 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.
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