Chatham Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 2,213 people in the township.
Geography Located in the west part of the county, it borders the following townships: Litchfield Township - north York Township - northeast corner Lafayette Township - east Westfield Township - southeast corner Harrisville Township - south Homer Township - southwest corner Spencer Township - west Penfield Township, Lorain County - northwest corner
No municipalities are located in Chatham Township.
Name and history Chatham Township was founded in 1818. Named after Chatham, in England, it is the only Chatham Township in Ohio.
Government The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to four-year terms 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,§503.24 , §505.01 , and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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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