Florence Township, Erie County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Florence Township, Erie County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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image_caption = Countryside in eastern Florence Township


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map_caption = Location of Florence Township in Erie County


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

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area_total_km2 = 68.5
area_land_km2 = 68.1
area_water_km2 = 0.4
area_total_sq_mi = 26.5
area_land_sq_mi = 26.3
area_water_sq_mi = 0.1

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 2500
population_density_km2 = 36.7
population_density_sq_mi = 95.0

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 240
elevation_ft = 787
latd = 41 |latm = 19 |lats = 23 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 23 |longs = 18 |longEW = W

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blank_info = 39-27482GR|2
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Florence Township is one of the nine townships of Erie County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Sandusky, Ohio metropolitan statistical area. The 2000 census found 2,500 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39043 Erie County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Vermilion Township - north
*Brownhelm Township, Lorain County - northeast corner
*Henrietta Township, Lorain County - east
*Wakeman Township, Huron County - south
*Townsend Township, Huron County - southwest corner
*Berlin Township - west

No municipalities are located in Florence Township, although the unincorporated community of Birmingham is located in the township's east.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Florence Township is located in Williams 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 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.erie-county-ohio.net County website]