Russell Township is one of the sixteen
townshipsA 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
Geauga CountyGeauga County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of 2000, the population was 90,895. It is named for a Native American word meaning "raccoon." The county seat is Chardon. In 2008, Forbes Magazine ranked Geauga County as the fourth best place in America to raise a family...
,
OhioOhio is a Midwestern state of the United States. The thirty-fourth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the seventh-most populous with nearly 11.5 million residents...
,
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The
2000 censusThe 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 5,529 people in the township.
Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships and villages:
- Chester Township
Chester Township is one of the sixteen townships of Geauga County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 10,968 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships and municipalities:...
- north
- Munson Township
Munson Township is one of the sixteen townships of Geauga County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,450 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the north central part of the county, it borders the following townships and city:...
- northeast corner
- Newbury Township
Newbury Township is one of the sixteen townships of Geauga County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,805 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Munson Township - north...
- east
- Auburn Township
Auburn Township is one of the sixteen townships of Geauga County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,158 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships and city:...
- southeast corner
- Bainbridge Township
Bainbridge Township is one of the sixteen townships of Geauga County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 10,916 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships and cities:...
- south
- Chagrin Falls
Chagrin Falls is a village in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. It is a suburb of Cleveland in the Northeast Ohio Region, the 14th largest Combined Statistical Area nationwide. The village was established and has grown around a natural waterfall on the Chagrin River. As of the 2000 Census,...
- southwest, south of Chagrin Falls Township
- Chagrin Falls Township
Chagrin Falls Township is a township located in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, the township had a total population of 135. The unincorporated township consists of about 43 households on an area of 0.52 sq mi, resulting in a population density of 261.7 persons/mile²...
- southwest, north of Chagrin Falls
- Moreland Hills
Moreland Hills is a village in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. It is an affluent suburb of Cleveland. The population was 3,298 at the 2000 census.-History:...
- west, south of Hunting Valley
- Hunting Valley
Hunting Valley is a suburban village located east of Cleveland in Cuyahoga and Geauga counties in the Northeast Ohio Region, the 14th largest Combined Statistical Area in the United States...
- west, north of Moreland Hills
- Gates Mills
Gates Mills is a village in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,493 at the 2000 census. Gates Mills is a suburb of Cleveland...
- northwest corner
Two villages are located in Russell Township: part of
Hunting ValleyHunting Valley is a suburban village located east of Cleveland in Cuyahoga and Geauga counties in the Northeast Ohio Region, the 14th largest Combined Statistical Area in the United States...
in the northwest, and
South RussellSouth Russell is a village in Geauga County, Ohio, United States. The population was 4,022 at the 2000 census.-Geography:South Russell is located at ....
in the south.
It is the only Russell Township statewide.
Russell Township is one of the sixteen
townshipsA 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
Geauga CountyGeauga County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of 2000, the population was 90,895. It is named for a Native American word meaning "raccoon." The county seat is Chardon. In 2008, Forbes Magazine ranked Geauga County as the fourth best place in America to raise a family...
,
OhioOhio is a Midwestern state of the United States. The thirty-fourth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the seventh-most populous with nearly 11.5 million residents...
,
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The
2000 censusThe 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 5,529 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships and villages:
- Chester Township
Chester Township is one of the sixteen townships of Geauga County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 10,968 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships and municipalities:...
- north
- Munson Township
Munson Township is one of the sixteen townships of Geauga County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,450 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the north central part of the county, it borders the following townships and city:...
- northeast corner
- Newbury Township
Newbury Township is one of the sixteen townships of Geauga County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,805 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Munson Township - north...
- east
- Auburn Township
Auburn Township is one of the sixteen townships of Geauga County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,158 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships and city:...
- southeast corner
- Bainbridge Township
Bainbridge Township is one of the sixteen townships of Geauga County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 10,916 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships and cities:...
- south
- Chagrin Falls
Chagrin Falls is a village in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. It is a suburb of Cleveland in the Northeast Ohio Region, the 14th largest Combined Statistical Area nationwide. The village was established and has grown around a natural waterfall on the Chagrin River. As of the 2000 Census,...
- southwest, south of Chagrin Falls Township
- Chagrin Falls Township
Chagrin Falls Township is a township located in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, the township had a total population of 135. The unincorporated township consists of about 43 households on an area of 0.52 sq mi, resulting in a population density of 261.7 persons/mile²...
- southwest, north of Chagrin Falls
- Moreland Hills
Moreland Hills is a village in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. It is an affluent suburb of Cleveland. The population was 3,298 at the 2000 census.-History:...
- west, south of Hunting Valley
- Hunting Valley
Hunting Valley is a suburban village located east of Cleveland in Cuyahoga and Geauga counties in the Northeast Ohio Region, the 14th largest Combined Statistical Area in the United States...
- west, north of Moreland Hills
- Gates Mills
Gates Mills is a village in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,493 at the 2000 census. Gates Mills is a suburb of Cleveland...
- northwest corner
Two villages are located in Russell Township: part of
Hunting ValleyHunting Valley is a suburban village located east of Cleveland in Cuyahoga and Geauga counties in the Northeast Ohio Region, the 14th largest Combined Statistical Area in the United States...
in the northwest, and
South RussellSouth Russell is a village in Geauga County, Ohio, United States. The population was 4,022 at the 2000 census.-Geography:South Russell is located at ....
in the south.
Name and history
It is the only Russell Township statewide. It is often known as
Novelty, most commonly on mail.
The first five inhabitants — Gideon Russell and his family, who came in 1818 — settled on what today is Chillicothe Road (
History 306). In 1827 the township was named Russell, although it had been previously known as the West Woods by neighboring communities. In April of that year the people elected John Lowry, Clark Robinson, and Gideon Russell as their first township trustees. It was Robinson that created the first framed building and started the first store.
Economy
Russell is the home of ASM International, formerly known as the American Society for Metals, whose headquarters is marked by a gigantic
geodesic domeA geodesic dome is a spherical or partial-spherical shell structure or lattice shell based on a network of great circles lying on the surface of a sphere. The geodesics intersect to form triangular elements that have local triangular rigidity and also distribute the stress across the entire...
, visited by
Buckminster FullerRichard Buckminster “Bucky” Fuller was an American architect, author, designer, inventor, and futurist.Fuller published more than thirty books, inventing and popularizing terms such as "Spaceship Earth", ephemeralization, and synergetics...
upon its completion.
Nearly all of the non-incorporated parts of the township are served in education by the West Geauga district (South Russell village and a small part of the rest is covered by the Chagrin Falls district.) In private education,
Laurel SchoolLaurel School is a school for girls from Kindergarten through Grade 12, with a coeducational Early Childhood Center. Located in the Cleveland, Ohio suburb of Shaker Heights, Laurel’s mission is to “inspire each girl to fulfill her promise and to better the world.”- Campuses :Laurel School has two...
has a "Butler Campus" on Fairmount Rd. (originally named Fairmount Campus for its location,) which has a lodge, pavilion, tree house, residence, and adventure course.
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.
The township symbol, the
raccoonProcyon is a genus of nocturnal mammals, comprising three species commonly known as raccoons, in the family Procyonidae. The most widespread species, the Common Raccoon , is often known simply as "the" raccoon, as the two other raccoon species in the genus are native only to the tropics and are...
, comes from the word Geauga, a
Native AmericanThe indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of the Americas, their descendants, and many ethnic groups who identify with those peoples...
word for the animal.
Transportation
Major roads include
State Route 306State Route 306 is a north-south state highway in northeastern Ohio, running from its southern terminus at SR 43 in Aurora to its northern terminus at SR 283 in Mentor. Most of the road from Aurora north to Kirtland is part of the former Chillicothe Turnpike and is known as Chillicothe Road...
and
State Route 87State Route 87 is an east-west highway in Northeast, Ohio. Its western terminus is in Cuyahoga County at U.S. Route 6/U.S. Route 42/State Route 3 at Public Square in downtown Cleveland. It is concurrent with U.S. Route 422 and State Route 8 for just over , and then leaves the concurrency to...
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