Penfield Township, Lorain County, Ohio

Coordinates: 41°10′19″N 82°6′32″W / 41.17194°N 82.10889°W

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Penfield Township, Lorain County, Ohio
Township
Penfield Community Church on Route 18
Location of Penfield Township in Lorain County
Coordinates: 41°10′19″N 82°6′32″W / 41.17194°N 82.10889°W / 41.17194; -82.10889
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Lorain
Area ^[1]
• Total	21.75 sq mi (56.33 km²)
• Land	21.62 sq mi (55.99 km²)
• Water	0.14 sq mi (0.35 km²)
Elevation ^[2]	843 ft (257 m)
Population (2020)^[3]
• Total	1,835
• Density	84/sq mi (33/km²)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code	39-61532^[4]
GNIS feature ID	1086516^[2]
Website	www.penfieldtownship.com

Penfield Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 1,835.

Geography

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

LaGrange Township - north
Grafton Township - northeast corner
Litchfield Township, Medina County - east
Chatham Township, Medina County - southeast corner
Spencer Township, Medina County - south
Huntington Township - southwest corner
Wellington Township - west
Pittsfield Township - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Penfield Township.

Name and history

Penfield Township was established in 1820 and named in honor of Peter Penfield, an early settler.^[5] It is the only Penfield Township statewide.^[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,^[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.

References

^ "U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: County Subdivisions: Ohio". U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Penfield 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. 108.
^ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved February 16, 2007.
^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

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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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