Harrisville Township, Medina County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Harrisville Township, Medina County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Medina County.


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Medina

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area_total_km2 = 68.0
area_land_km2 = 68.0
area_water_km2 = 0.1
area_total_sq_mi = 26.3
area_land_sq_mi = 26.2
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 4914
population_density_km2 = 72.3
population_density_sq_mi = 187.2

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 279
elevation_ft = 915
latd = 41 |latm = 1 |lats = 49 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 1 |longs = 13 |longEW = W

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Harrisville Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,914 people in the township, 1,853 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39103 Medina County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the southwest part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Chatham Township - north
*Lafayette Township - northeast corner
*Westfield Township - east
*Canaan Township, Wayne County - southeast
*Congress Township, Wayne County - south
*Homer Township - west
*Spencer Township - northwest corner

The village of Lodi is located in central Harrisville Township.

Name and history

It is the only Harrisville 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 clerk, 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 clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References

External links

* [http://www.co.medina.oh.us County website]