Ashtabula Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio

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


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

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area_total_km2 = 52.6
area_land_km2 = 52.1
area_water_km2 = 0.5
area_total_sq_mi = 20.3
area_land_sq_mi = 20.1
area_water_sq_mi = 0.2

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 23239
population_density_km2 = 445.8
population_density_sq_mi = 1154.6

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 177
elevation_ft = 581
latd = 41 |latm = 52 |lats = 37 |latNS = N
longd = 80 |longm = 47 |longs = 7 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP codes
postal_code = 44004-44005
area_code = 440
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blank_info = 39-02652GR|2
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Ashtabula Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 23,239 people in the township, 6,371 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39007 Ashtabula County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the northern part of the county along Lake Erie, it borders the following townships:
*Kingsville Township - east
*Plymouth Township - south
*Saybrook Township - west

The Canadian province of Ontario lies across Lake Erie to the north.

Most of the city of Ashtabula is located in western Ashtabula Township, and the census-designated place of Edgewood is located in the township's southeast.

Name and history

It is the only Ashtabula Township statewide.

The first white settler in the township was one Matthew Hubbard, who arrived in Ashtabula County from Connecticut in 1804. [ [http://www2.ashtabula.com/detail.asp?id=2191 Ashtabula County, Ohio] Ashtabula County, 2007. Accessed 2007-05-28.]

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. Currently, the board is composed of chairman Stephen McClure and members Sam Bucci and Joseph Pete, Sr. [ [http://www2.ashtabula.com/detail.asp?id=2191 Ashtabula County, Ohio] Ashtabula County, 2007. Accessed 2007-05-28.]

References

External links

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