Wadsworth Township, Medina County, Ohio

Wadsworth Township, Medina County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Wadsworth Township, 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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unit_pref = Imperial
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area_total_km2 = 42.7
area_land_km2 = 42.7
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 16.5
area_land_sq_mi = 16.5
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 3996
population_density_km2 = 93.6
population_density_sq_mi = 242.3

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 364
elevation_ft = 1194
latd = 41 |latm = 2 |lats = 11 |latNS = N
longd = 81 |longm = 44 |longs = 36 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP codes
postal_code = 44281-44282
area_code = 330
blank_name = FIPS code
blank_info = 39-80318GR|2
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blank1_info = 1086605GR|3
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Wadsworth Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,996 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 southeast corner of the county, it borders the following townships and city:
*Sharon Township - north
*Copley Township, Summit County - northeast corner
*Norton - east
*Chippewa Township, Wayne County - south
*Milton Township, Wayne County - southwest
*Guilford Township - west
*Montville Township - northwest corner

The city of Wadsworth occupies central Wadsworth Township.

Name and history

It is the only Wadsworth 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.

Public safety in Wadsworth Township is the responsibility of the Wadsworth Fire Department and the Medina County Sheriff's Office.

References

External links

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


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