Ravenna Township is one of the eighteen townships

Civil township

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 of Portage County

Portage County, Ohio

Portage County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 152,061 at the 2000 Census and 161,419 at the 2010 Census. Its county seat is Ravenna. Portage County is named for the portage between the Cuyahoga and Tuscarawas Rivers...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 9,270 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships and city:

• Shalersville Township
  Shalersville Township, Portage County, Ohio
  Shalersville Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,976 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following other townships and cities:...
  
   - north
• Freedom Township
  Freedom Township, Portage County, Ohio
  Freedom Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,751 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Charlestown Township
  Charlestown Township, Portage County, Ohio
  Charlestown Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,003 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Freedom Township - north...
  
   - east
• Edinburg Township
  Edinburg Township, Portage County, Ohio
  Edinburg Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,344 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Rootstown Township
  Rootstown Township, Portage County, Ohio
  Rootstown Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 7,212 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Brimfield Township
  Brimfield Township, Portage County, Ohio
  Brimfield Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 7,963 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships and cities:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Franklin Township
  Franklin Township, Portage County, Ohio
  Franklin Township is a civil township located in Portage County, Ohio, United States. It is located along the Cuyahoga River in Northeast Ohio on the western edge of the county. The 2000 census found 5,276 people in the township...
  
   - west
• Streetsboro
  Streetsboro, Ohio
  Streetsboro is a city in Portage County, Ohio, United States. It is formed from the former township of Streetsboro, which was formed from the Connecticut Western Reserve. It is nearly co-extant with the former Streetsboro Township; the village of Sugar Bush Knolls was also formed in part from a...
  
   - northwest corner

The city of Ravenna

Ravenna, Ohio

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, the county seat

County seat

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 of Portage County, which became independent of the township in 1993, is surrounded by Ravenna Township.

Formed from Town 3, Range 8 of the Connecticut Western Reserve

Connecticut Western Reserve

The Connecticut Western Reserve was land claimed by Connecticut from 1662 to 1800 in the Northwest Territory in what is now northeastern Ohio.-History:...

, Ravenna Township covers an area of 20 sq mi (51.8 km²).

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.