Fitchville Township, Huron County, Ohio

Township in Ohio, United States

41°5′45″N 82°28′59″W / 41.09583°N 82.48306°W / 41.09583; -82.48306CountryUnited StatesStateOhioCountyHuronArea

• Total25.9 sq mi (67.2 km²) • Land25.9 sq mi (67.0 km²) • Water0.08 sq mi (0.2 km²)Elevation

^[1]

984 ft (300 m)Population

(2020)^[2]

• Total1,046 • Density40/sq mi (16/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP code

44851

Area code419FIPS code39-27216^[3]GNIS feature ID1086345^[1]

Fitchville Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population of the township was 1,046.

Geography

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

Hartland Township - north
Clarksfield Township - northeast corner
New London Township - east
Ruggles Township, Ashland County - southeast corner
Greenwich Township - south
Ripley Township - southwest corner
Fairfield Township - west
Bronson Township - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Fitchville Township.

Name and history

Fitchville Township was established in 1828.^[4] The only Fitchville Township statewide,^[5] it is named for one Colonel Fitch, a landowner and native of Connecticut.^[6]^[7]

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,^[8] 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

^ ^a ^b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Fitchville township, Huron County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 45.
^ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved February 16, 2007.
^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 126.
^ 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. p. 218.
^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.