New Lyme Township is one of the twenty-seven townships

Civil township

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 of Ashtabula County

Ashtabula County, Ohio

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, Ohio

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,072 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Lenox Township
  Lenox Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
  Lenox Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,388 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Jefferson Township - north...
  
   - north
• Dorset Township
  Dorset Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
  Dorset Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 892 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Cherry Valley Township
  Cherry Valley Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
  Cherry Valley Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 857 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Wayne Township
  Wayne Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
  Wayne Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 653 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the southwestern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Colebrook Township
  Colebrook Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
  Colebrook Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 887 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the southern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Orwell Township
  Orwell Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
  Orwell Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,830 people in the township, 1,311 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Rome Township
  Rome Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
  Rome Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,568 people in the township, 919 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Morgan Township
  Morgan Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
  Morgan Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,954 people in the township, 780 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in New Lyme Township.

Name and history

It is the only New Lyme Township statewide.

The township was first settled by former Connecticut

Connecticut

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resident Joel Owen in 1803.

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. Currently, the board is composed of chairman Christopher Zaebst and members William Edelman and Lee Fetters.