EATON TOWNSHIP, LORAIN COUNTY, OHIO

'Eaton Township' is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 9,675 people in the unincorporated portions of the township.^[1]

Contents

Geography

Name and history

Government

References

External links

Geography

Located in eastern Lorain County, it borders the following townships and cities:

★ North Ridgeville - north

★ Olmsted Township, Cuyahoga County - northeast corner

★ Columbia Township - east

★ Liverpool Township, Medina County - southeast corner

★ Grafton Township - south

★ LaGrange Township - southwest corner

★ Carlisle Township - west

★ Elyria - northwest corner
Two municipalities are partially located in Eaton Township: a small corner of Elyria in the northwest, and the majority of Grafton in the south. The census-designated place of Eaton Estates lies in the center of the township.

Name and history

It is the only Eaton 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

1. Lorain County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 14 May 2007.

External links

★ Lorain County website