Huntington Township, Lorain County, Ohio

Coordinates: 41°5′45″N 82°14′8″W / 41.09583°N 82.23556°W

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Huntington Township, Lorain County, Ohio
Township
Whitney Clark House south of Wellington
Location of Huntington Township in Lorain County
Coordinates: 41°5′45″N 82°14′8″W / 41.09583°N 82.23556°W / 41.09583; -82.23556
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Lorain
Area ^[1]
• Total	26.18 sq mi (67.80 km²)
• Land	25.89 sq mi (67.06 km²)
• Water	0.29 sq mi (0.74 km²)
Elevation ^[2]	928 ft (283 m)
Population (2020)^[3]
• Total	1,361
• Density	52/sq mi (20/km²)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code	39-36876^[4]
GNIS feature ID	1086512^[2]
Website	www.huntingtontwp.org

Huntington Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,361.

Geography

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Located in southeastern Lorain County, it borders the following townships:

Wellington Township - north
Penfield Township - northeast corner
Spencer Township, Medina County - east
Homer Township, Medina County - southeast corner
Sullivan Township, Ashland County - south
Troy Township, Ashland County - southwest corner
Rochester Township - west
Brighton Township - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Huntington Township.

Name and history

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Huntington Township was established in 1822, and named after Huntington, Connecticut, the native home of an early settler.^[5] Statewide, other Huntington Townships are located in Brown, Gallia, and Ross counties.

Government

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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,^[6] 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.

Notable people

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Myron T. Herrick, 42nd governor of Ohio^[7]

References

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^ "U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: County Subdivisions: Ohio". U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Huntington township, Lorain County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 63.
^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.
^ "Ohio Governor Myron Timothy Herrick". National Governors Association. Retrieved September 29, 2012.

External links

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Lorain County, Ohio, United States
County seat: Elyria
Cities	Amherst Avon Avon Lake Elyria Lorain North Ridgeville Oberlin Sheffield Lake Vermilion‡	Map of Ohio highlighting Lorain County
Villages	Grafton Kipton LaGrange Rochester Sheffield South Amherst Wellington
Townships	Amherst Brighton Brownhelm Camden Carlisle Columbia Eaton Elyria Grafton Henrietta Huntington LaGrange New Russia Penfield Pittsfield Rochester Sheffield Wellington
CDPs	Eaton Estates Pheasant Run
Unincorporated communities	Belden Brentwood Lake Brighton Columbia Hills Corners North Eaton Whiskyville
Ghost town	Murraysville
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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