Grafton Township is one of the eighteen
townships of
Lorain County,
Ohio
Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...
, United States. As of the
2020 census the population was 2,789.
Geography
Located in southeastern Lorain County, it borders the following townships and village:
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Grafton - north
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Eaton Township - northeast
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Columbia Township - northeast corner
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Liverpool Township, Medina County - east
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York Township, Medina County - southeast corner
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Litchfield Township, Medina County - south
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Penfield Township - southwest corner
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LaGrange Township - west
Name and history
It is the only Grafton 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'' (ORC) 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 o ...
. 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
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County website
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Townships in Lorain County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio