Lafayette Township, Medina County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Lafayette 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 = 61.3
area_land_km2 = 60.0
area_water_km2 = 1.3
area_total_sq_mi = 23.7
area_land_sq_mi = 23.2
area_water_sq_mi = 0.5

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 5476
population_density_km2 = 91.2
population_density_sq_mi = 236.2

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 311
elevation_ft = 1020
latd = 41 |latm = 5 |lats = 4 |latNS = N
longd = 81 |longm = 54 |longs = 28 |longEW = W

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Lafayette Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,329 people in 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 central part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*York Township - north
*Medina Township - northeast
*Montville Township - east
*Guilford Township - southeast corner
*Westfield Township - south
*Harrisville Township - southwest corner
*Chatham Township - west
*Litchfield Township - northwest corner

Two municipalities are located in Lafayette Township: the village of Chippewa Lake in the southeast, and part of the city of Medina, the county seat of Medina County, in the northeast.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Lafayette Township is located in Coshocton County.

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, 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.

As of 2008, the board was composed of Lynda Bowers, Don Butler, and Lee Kehoe (president), and the fiscal officer was Shirley Bailey. [ [http://www.lafayettetownship.com/Govermnent.html Township Government] , Lafayette Township, 2008. Accessed 2008-07-05.]

References

External links

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