Lenox Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio

Coordinates: 41°41′14″N 80°45′7″W / 41.68722°N 80.75194°W

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Lenox Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
Township
Lenox Christian Fellowship at Lenox Center
Location of Lenox Township in Ashtabula County
Coordinates: 41°41′14″N 80°45′7″W / 41.68722°N 80.75194°W / 41.68722; -80.75194
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Ashtabula
Area
• Total	24.4 sq mi (63.1 km²)
• Land	24.3 sq mi (62.9 km²)
• Water	0.04 sq mi (0.1 km²)
Elevation ^[1]	1,001 ft (305 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	1,374
• Density	60/sq mi (23.0/km²)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	44047
Area code	440
FIPS code	39-42742^[2]
GNIS feature ID	1085731^[1]

Lenox Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,374 people in the township.^[3]

Geography

Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:

Jefferson Township - north
Denmark Township - northeast corner
Dorset Township - east
Cherry Valley Township - southeast corner
New Lyme Township - south
Rome Township - southwest corner
Morgan Township - west
Austinburg Township - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Lenox Township.

Name and history

It is the only Lenox Township statewide.^[4]

The first settler in Lenox Township was former Maryland resident Lyle Asque, who arrived in 1807.^[5] Lenox Township was organized in 1819.^[6]

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, Robin Hayford-Fiebig^[7] 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. Currently, the members of the board are John Maylish, Barry Weaver, and James Robinsoni^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Lenox township, Ashtabula County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
^ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved February 16, 2007.
^ ^a ^b Ashtabula County, Ohio Archived 2007-11-10 at the Wayback Machine Ashtabula County, 2007. Accessed 2007-05-28.
^ Kilbourn, John (1833). The Ohio Gazetteer, or, a Topographical Dictionary. Scott and Wright. pp. 270. Retrieved December 12, 2013.
^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

External links

County website

v t e Municipalities and communities of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States
County seat: Jefferson
Cities	Ashtabula Conneaut Geneva	Map of Ohio highlighting Ashtabula County
Villages	Andover Geneva-on-the-Lake Jefferson North Kingsville Orwell Roaming Shores Rock Creek
Townships	Andover Ashtabula Austinburg Cherry Valley Colebrook Denmark Dorset Geneva Harpersfield Hartsgrove Jefferson Kingsville Lenox Monroe Morgan New Lyme Orwell Pierpont Plymouth Richmond Rome Saybrook Sheffield Trumbull Wayne Williamsfield Windsor
CDPs	Austinburg Edgewood Kingsville Saybrook-on-the-Lake
Unincorporated communities	Dorset Eagleville Footville Griggs Corners Kelloggsville Pierpont Stanhope‡ Unionville Wick Williamsfield
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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