Chatham Township, Medina County, Ohio
Description
Chatham Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,158 people in the township.GeographyLocated in the west part of the county, it borders the following townships: Litchfield Township - northYork Township - northeast cornerLafayette Township - eastWestfield Township - southeast cornerHarrisville Township - southHomer Township - southwest cornerSpencer Township - westPenfield Township, Lorain County - northwest corner No municipalities are located in Chatham Township.Name and historyIt is the only Chatham Township statewide.GovernmentThe 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.
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