New Haven Township is one of the nineteen
townships
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, C ...
of
Huron County,
Ohio
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, United States. As of the
2010 census the population of the township was 2,621,
down from 2,860 in 2000. As of 2010, 1,712 of the population lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
Geography
Located on the southern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Greenfield Township - north
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Fairfield Township - northeast corner
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Ripley Township - east
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Cass Township, Richland County - southeast
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Plymouth Township, Richland County - south
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Auburn Township, Crawford County - southwest
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Richmond Township - west
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Norwich Township - northwest corner
Several populated places are located in or adjacent to New Haven Township:
*The city of
Willard, bordering the township to the northwest
*Part of the village of
Plymouth, in the south
*The
unincorporated community
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of
Celeryville, on the border with Richmond Township in the northwest
*The unincorporated community of
New Haven
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, in the center.
Name and history
New Haven Township was established in 1815. The township is named after
New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound in New Haven County, Connecticut and is part of the New York City metropolitan area. With a population of 134 ...
, the native home of a share of the early settlers. It is the only New Haven Township 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 Ge ...
. 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
New Haven Township official websiteCounty website
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Townships in Huron County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio