Richmond Township is one of the twenty-seven townships

Civil township

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 of Ashtabula County

Ashtabula County, Ohio

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 937 people in the township.

Geography

Located on the eastern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Pierpont Township
  Pierpont Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
  Pierpont Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,197 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the eastern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Conneaut Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania
  Conneaut Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania
  Conneaut Township is a township in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,550 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 of...
  
   - east
• North Shenango Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania
  North Shenango Township, Pennsylvania
  North Shenango Township is a township in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,387 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Andover Township
  Andover Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
  Andover Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,672 people in the township, 1,403 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• 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:...
  
   - southwest corner
• 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:...
  
   - west
• Denmark Township
  Denmark Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
  Denmark Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 880 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Richmond Township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Richmond Township is located in Huron County

Richmond Township, Huron County, Ohio

Richmond Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,111 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...

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The township was first settled in 1806. In later years, it became a center for the Underground Railroad

Underground Railroad

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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 Thomas Hitchcok and members Marilyn Malz and Allen Slater.