Penfield Township is one of the eighteen townships

Civil township

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 of Lorain County

Lorain County, Ohio

Lorain County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio, and is considered to be a part of what is locally referred to as Greater Cleveland. As of the 2010 census, its population was 301,356. an increase from 284,664 in 2000...

, Ohio

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. The 2000 census found 1,690 people in the township.

Geography

Located in southeastern Lorain County, it borders the following townships:

• LaGrange Township
  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:...
  
   - north
• Grafton Township
  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:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Litchfield Township, Medina County
  Litchfield Township, Medina County, Ohio
  Litchfield Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,250 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the west part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Chatham Township, Medina County
  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...
  
   - southeast corner
• Spencer Township, Medina County
  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:...
  
   - south
• Huntington Township
  Huntington Township, Lorain County, Ohio
  Huntington Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,282 people in the township.-Geography:Located in southeastern Lorain County, it borders the following townships:*Wellington Township - north...
  
   - southwest corner
• Wellington Township
  Wellington Township, Lorain County, Ohio
  Wellington Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,904 people in the township, 1,393 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Pittsfield Township
  Pittsfield Township, Lorain County, Ohio
  Pittsfield Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,549 people in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
  - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Penfield 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.

External links

• Lorain County website