Fairfield Township, Huron County, Ohio
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Fairfield Township is one of the nineteen
townships A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
of Huron County,
Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
, United States. As of the 2020 census the population of the township was 1,124.


Geography

Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships: * Norwalk Township - north * Townsend Township - northeast corner * Hartland Township - east * Fitchville Township - southeast corner * Ripley Township - south * Greenfield Township - southwest corner * Peru Township - west * Ridgefield Township - northwest corner The village of North Fairfield is located in western Fairfield Township.


Name and history

Fairfield Township was organized in 1823. It was named after
Fairfield, Connecticut Fairfield is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It borders the city of Bridgeport and towns of Trumbull, Easton, Weston, and Westport along the Gold Coast of Connecticut. Located within the New York metropolitan area ...
, the hometown of many of its pioneer settlers. It is one of seven Fairfield Townships statewide.


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,§503.24§505.01
an
§507.01
of the
Ohio Revised Code The ''Ohio Revised Code'' contains all current statutes of the Ohio General Assembly of a permanent and general nature, consolidated into provisions, titles, chapters and sections. However, the only official publication of the enactments of the G ...
. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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.


References


External links


County website
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