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Wakeman Township, Huron County, Ohio

Township in Ohio, US

Field	Value
official_name	Wakeman Township, Huron County, Ohio
settlement_type	Township
image_skyline	St. John Road stubble field.jpg
imagesize	250px
image_caption	Agricultural scene south of Wakeman
image_map	Wakeman Huron.PNG
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location of Wakeman Township in Huron County
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	65.95
area_land_km2	65.34
area_water_km2	0.61
population_as_of	[2020](2020-united-states-census)
population_footnotes
population_total	2761
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	246
elevation_ft	807
coordinates
postal_code_type	ZIP code
postal_code	44889
area_code	440
blank_name	FIPS code
blank_info	39-80472
blank1_name	GNIS feature ID
blank1_info	1086361

Wakeman Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population of the township was 2,761.

Geography

Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

Florence Township, Erie County - north
Henrietta Township, Lorain County - northeast
Camden Township, Lorain County - east
Clarksfield Township - south
Hartland Township - southwest corner
Townsend Township - west
Berlin Township, Erie County - northwest corner

The village of Wakeman is located in central Wakeman Township.

Name and history

Wakeman Township was organized in 1824. It was named for Jesup Wakeman, one of the first landowners there.

It is the only Wakeman 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 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

"Wakeman 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.
Williams, William W.. (1879). "History of the Fire Lands, Comprising Huron and Erie Counties, Ohio". Press of Leader Printing Company.
(2000). "Detailed map of Ohio". [[United States Census Bureau]].
[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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