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Greenfield Township, Huron County, Ohio

Township in Ohio, US

Field	Value
official_name	Greenfield Township, Huron County, Ohio
settlement_type	Township
image_skyline	Greenfield Township hall at Steuben.jpg
imagesize	250px
image_caption	Township hall at Steuben
image_map	Greenfield Huron.PNG
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location of Greenfield Township (red) in Huron County, next to the city of Willard (yellow)
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Ohio
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Huron
unit_pref	Imperial
area_total_km2	66.4
area_land_km2	65.3
area_water_km2	1.1
population_as_of	[2020](2020-united-states-census)
population_footnotes
population_total	1320
population_density_km2	auto
population_density_sq_mi	auto
timezone	Eastern (EST)
utc_offset	-5
timezone_DST	EDT
utc_offset_DST	-4
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m	265
elevation_ft	869
coordinates
blank_name	FIPS code
blank_info	39-32102
blank1_name	GNIS feature ID
blank1_info	1086346

Greenfield Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population of the township was 1,320.

Geography

Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:

Peru Township - north
Bronson Township - northeast corner
Fairfield Township - east
Ripley Township - southeast corner
New Haven Township - south
Richmond Township - southwest corner
Norwich Township - west
Sherman Township - northwest corner

The city of Willard borders the southwestern corner of Greenfield Township, and the unincorporated community of Steuben lies at the center of the township, while part of the census-designated place of Holiday Lakes is also located within the township.

Name and history

Greenfield Township was organized in 1815.

It is named after Greenfield Hill, a historic neighborhood in Fairfield, Connecticut. Statewide, other Greenfield Townships are located in Fairfield and Gallia Counties.

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.

References

"Greenfield township, Huron County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau.
(2007-10-25). "US Board on Geographic Names". [[United States Geological Survey]].
"U.S. Census website". [[United States Census Bureau]].
Baughman, Abraham J.. (1909). "History of Huron County, Ohio: Its Progress and Development, with Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens of the County, Volume 1". S. J. Clarke Publishing Company.
[http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/503.24 §503.24], [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/505.01 §505.01], and [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/507.01 §507.01] of the [[Ohio Revised Code]]. Accessed 4/30/2009.

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