Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio
Encyclopedia
Bath Township is one of the nine townships
of Summit County
, Ohio
, United States
. The 2000 census
found 9,635 people in the township.
Several populated places are located in Bath Township:
Parts of the original Bath Township are now in Akron and Fairlawn.
It occupies most of survey Town 3, Range 12 in the Connecticut Western Reserve
and is about 23 square miles (60 km²) in area.
Bath Township contains part of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park
, whose main attraction within the township is the Hale Farm & Village
, a historical community set in the 1800s.
and Greene
Counties.
In 1998 Bath Township formed a Joint Economic Development District
(JEDD) with Akron
and Fairlawn
. The JEDD area has approximately 300 acres (1.2 km²) and is in the business district at the southern end of the township. (BATH-AKRON-FAIRLAWN JEDD, 2005)
of 2000, there were 9,635 people, 3,506 households, and 2,814 families residing in the township. The population density
was 418.9 people per square mile (160.6/km²). There were 3,648 housing units at an average density of 158.6/sq mi (60.8/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 95.41% White, 1.59% African American, 0.04% Native American, 1.90% Asian, 0.11% from other races
, and 0.94% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.80% of the population. (Extension Data Center)
There were 3,506 households out of which 34.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.4% were married couples
living together, 4.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.7% were non-families. 17.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.93% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.06. (Extension Data Center)
In the township the population was spread out with 25.5% under the age of 18, 2.5% from 20 to 24, 20.5% from 25 to 44, 22.5% from 45 to 64, and 17.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44.7 years. For every 100 females there were 89.95 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.6 males. (Extension Data Center)
The median income for a household in the township was $88,899, and the median income for a family was $99,202. Males had a median income of $74,464 versus $43,529 for females. The per capita income
for the township was $49,032. About 0.6% of families and 1.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 0.8% of those under age 18 and 2.7% of those age 65 or over. (Extension Data Center)
Major court cases are handled by the Summit County court system and minor ones by the Akron Municipal Court.
Bath Township is served by its own police and fire departments.
at two points. There is a full cloverleaf that the township shares with Copley Township
at the intersection with State Route 18
. There is also an exit at Ghent Road. I-77 has rest areas on both sides in the northern part of the township. (Commercial Survey Company, 2004)
Interstate 271
passes through the township's northwest corner without providing access. (Commercial Survey Company, 2004)
Bath Township is served by two state highways: State Route 18
follows the western part of the original southern edge of the township, while State Route 21
shares Interstate 77
on a mostly north-south path through the township. (Commercial Survey Company, 2004)
, with part of the township being in the Copley-Fairlawn City School District. The portion that is in the Revere district is also in the Cuyahoga Valley Joint Vocational School District. (Summit County Fiscal Officer, 2005). Old Trail School
, an independent co-ed day school is situated in Cuyahoga Valley National Park
.
property was purchased by Bath Township and named Bath Nature Preserve. It contains grasslands, wetlands, ponds, streams, and mesophytic
and riparian deciduous forests, which has through an agreement been used by The University of Akron as a research station. It is used in ecology
and biology
research, and field trips are taken there by many biology classes to observe animals and collect samples for herbaria
. A map of the habitats in Bath Nature Preserve can be found here, and a list of species found and identified in the preserve can be found here.
Civil township
A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States, subordinate to, and geographic divisions of, a county. Specific responsibilities and the degree of autonomy vary based on each state. Civil townships are distinct from survey townships, but in states that have both,...
of Summit County
Summit County, Ohio
Summit County is an urban county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population was 542,899. In the 2010 Census the population was 541,781. Its county seat is Akron...
, Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...
found 9,635 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships and cities:- Richfield TownshipRichfield Township, Summit County, OhioRichfield Township is one of the nine townships of Summit County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,424 people in the township, 2,138 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
- north - Boston TownshipBoston Township, Summit County, OhioBoston Township is one of the nine townships of Summit County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,664 people in the township, 1,062 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
- northeast - Cuyahoga FallsCuyahoga Falls, OhioAs of the census of 2000, there were 49,374 people, 21,655 households, and 13,317 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,932.9 people per square mile . There were 22,727 housing units at an average density of 889.7 per square mile...
- east - AkronAkron, OhioAkron , is the fifth largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County. It is located in the Great Lakes region approximately south of Lake Erie along the Little Cuyahoga River. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 199,110. The Akron Metropolitan...
- southeast - Copley TownshipCopley Township, Summit County, OhioCopley Township is one of the nine townships of Summit County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 13,641 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships and cities:...
- south - Sharon Township, Medina CountySharon Township, Medina County, OhioSharon Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,244 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the east part of the county, it borders the following townships and city:...
- southwest corner - Granger Township, Medina CountyGranger Township, Medina County, OhioGranger Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,928 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the east part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Hinckley Township - north...
- west - Hinckley Township, Medina CountyHinckley Township, Medina County, OhioHinckley Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States, located in the northeast corner of the county. The 2000 census found 6,753 people in the township.-Geography:...
- northwest corner
Several populated places are located in Bath Township:
- The census-designated placeCensus-designated placeA census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...
of Montrose-GhentMontrose-Ghent, OhioAs of the census of 2000, there were 5,261 people, 1,920 households, and 1,591 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 558.4 people per square mile . There were 1,987 housing units at an average density of 210.9/sq mi...
, occupying the remainder of the southern part of the township, composed of the unincorporated communitiesUnincorporated areaIn law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
of GhentGhent, OhioGhent is an unincorporated hamlet in central Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio, United States. It lies in the area of Granger and Cleveland-Massillon Roads just north of the Ghent Road exit of Interstate 77. It is included in the Montrose-Ghent census-designated place. It has a number of local...
(in the center of the township) and MontroseMontrose, OhioMontrose is an area on the border between the Bath and Copley Townships of Summit County, Ohio, United States. It is an area of restaurants, stores, and businesses located along a stretch of State Route 18 near Interstate 77...
(on the southern border with Copley Township) - The unincorporated area of Hammond's Corners, in the north
Parts of the original Bath Township are now in Akron and Fairlawn.
It occupies most of survey Town 3, Range 12 in the Connecticut Western Reserve
Connecticut Western Reserve
The Connecticut Western Reserve was land claimed by Connecticut from 1662 to 1800 in the Northwest Territory in what is now northeastern Ohio.-History:...
and is about 23 square miles (60 km²) in area.
Bath Township contains part of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Cuyahoga Valley National Park preserves and reclaims the rural landscape along the Cuyahoga River between Akron and Cleveland in Northeast Ohio. The park is the only national park in Ohio.Cuyahoga means "crooked river" in Mohawk....
, whose main attraction within the township is the Hale Farm & Village
Hale Farm & Village
Hale Farm and Village is a historic property of the Western Reserve Historical Society in Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio, United States. It is within the boundaries of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Hale Farm was the original homestead of Jonathan Hale a Connecticut farmer who migrated to...
, a historical community set in the 1800s.
Name
Statewide, other Bath Townships are located in AllenBath Township, Allen County, Ohio
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...
and Greene
Bath Township, Greene County, Ohio
Bath Township is one of the twelve townships of Greene County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 40,231 people in the township, 8,877 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
Counties.
History
The township was originally known as Wheatfield when surveyed in 1808. The name was later changed to Hammondsburgh after Jason Hammond, who settled there in 1810. The name was then changed to Bath when it was fully separated from Richfield Township in 1818.In 1998 Bath Township formed a Joint Economic Development District
Joint Economic Development District
A Joint Economic Development District is an arrangement in Ohio where one or more municipalities and a township agree to work together to develop township land for commercial or industrial purposes. The benefit to the municipality is that they get a portion of the taxes levied in the JEDD without...
(JEDD) with Akron
Akron, Ohio
Akron , is the fifth largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County. It is located in the Great Lakes region approximately south of Lake Erie along the Little Cuyahoga River. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 199,110. The Akron Metropolitan...
and Fairlawn
Fairlawn, Ohio
Fairlawn is a city in Summit County, Ohio, United States. A suburb of Akron, its population was 7,307 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Fairlawn is located at ....
. The JEDD area has approximately 300 acres (1.2 km²) and is in the business district at the southern end of the township. (BATH-AKRON-FAIRLAWN JEDD, 2005)
Counties
Bath Township's land has been in the following counties: (Ohio Formation Maps, 2005)| Year | County |
|---|---|
| 1796 | Wayne Wayne County, Ohio Wayne County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States, and is named for General "Mad" Anthony Wayne. As of the 2010 census, the population was 114,520. Its county seat is Wooster.... |
| 1800 | Trumbull Trumbull County, Ohio As of the census of 2000, there were 225,116 people, 89,020 households, and 61,690 families residing in the county. The population density was 365 people per square mile . There were 95,117 housing units at an average density of 154 per square mile... |
| 1808 | Portage Portage County, Ohio Portage County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 152,061 at the 2000 Census and 161,419 at the 2010 Census. Its county seat is Ravenna. Portage County is named for the portage between the Cuyahoga and Tuscarawas Rivers... |
| 1811 | No county |
| 1812 | Medina |
| 1840 | Summit Summit County, Ohio Summit County is an urban county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population was 542,899. In the 2010 Census the population was 541,781. Its county seat is Akron... |
Demographics
As of the censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
of 2000, there were 9,635 people, 3,506 households, and 2,814 families residing in the township. The population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
was 418.9 people per square mile (160.6/km²). There were 3,648 housing units at an average density of 158.6/sq mi (60.8/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 95.41% White, 1.59% African American, 0.04% Native American, 1.90% Asian, 0.11% from other races
Race (United States Census)
Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
, and 0.94% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.80% of the population. (Extension Data Center)
There were 3,506 households out of which 34.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.4% were married couples
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
living together, 4.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.7% were non-families. 17.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.93% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.06. (Extension Data Center)
In the township the population was spread out with 25.5% under the age of 18, 2.5% from 20 to 24, 20.5% from 25 to 44, 22.5% from 45 to 64, and 17.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44.7 years. For every 100 females there were 89.95 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.6 males. (Extension Data Center)
The median income for a household in the township was $88,899, and the median income for a family was $99,202. Males had a median income of $74,464 versus $43,529 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...
for the township was $49,032. About 0.6% of families and 1.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 0.8% of those under age 18 and 2.7% of those age 65 or over. (Extension Data Center)
Government
The township is governed by a non-partisan 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. In 2007, the board was composed of president Elaina Goodrich and members Donald Jenkins and James Nelson, and the fiscal officer was Penny Marquette.Major court cases are handled by the Summit County court system and minor ones by the Akron Municipal Court.
Bath Township is served by its own police and fire departments.
Transportation
Bath Township has access to Interstate 77Interstate 77
Interstate 77 is an Interstate Highway in the eastern United States. It traverses diverse terrain, from the mountainous state of West Virginia to the rolling farmlands of North Carolina and Ohio. It largely supplants the old U.S...
at two points. There is a full cloverleaf that the township shares with Copley Township
Copley Township, Summit County, Ohio
Copley Township is one of the nine townships of Summit County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 13,641 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships and cities:...
at the intersection with State Route 18
Ohio State Highway 18
State Route 18 is an east–west highway in northern Ohio. Its western terminus is at the Indiana state line near Hicksville, Ohio , and its eastern terminus is at State Route 91 in Akron, Ohio....
. There is also an exit at Ghent Road. I-77 has rest areas on both sides in the northern part of the township. (Commercial Survey Company, 2004)
Interstate 271
Interstate 271
Interstate 271 is an auxiliary interstate highway in the suburbs of Cleveland and Akron in the U.S. state of Ohio. The highway is officially designated the "Cleveland Outerbelt East", but rarely referred to by that name.-Route description:...
passes through the township's northwest corner without providing access. (Commercial Survey Company, 2004)
Bath Township is served by two state highways: State Route 18
Ohio State Highway 18
State Route 18 is an east–west highway in northern Ohio. Its western terminus is at the Indiana state line near Hicksville, Ohio , and its eastern terminus is at State Route 91 in Akron, Ohio....
follows the western part of the original southern edge of the township, while State Route 21
Ohio State Highway 21
State Route 21 is a relic of an old U.S. Route 21, a major north–south highway that connected greater Cleveland, Ohio, to southern South Carolina. South of Strasburg, Ohio, near the current southern terminus of State Route 21, the designation of U.S. Route 21 was moved to the new Interstate...
shares Interstate 77
Interstate 77
Interstate 77 is an Interstate Highway in the eastern United States. It traverses diverse terrain, from the mountainous state of West Virginia to the rolling farmlands of North Carolina and Ohio. It largely supplants the old U.S...
on a mostly north-south path through the township. (Commercial Survey Company, 2004)
Education
Most of Bath Township is in the Revere Local School DistrictRevere Local School District, Summit County, Ohio
The Revere Local School District, "The National School of Excellence" is located directly between Bath, Ohio and Richfield Village, Ohio. The District is broken up into four schools, Revere High School, Revere Middle School, Bath Elementary School, and Hillcrest Elementary School...
, with part of the township being in the Copley-Fairlawn City School District. The portion that is in the Revere district is also in the Cuyahoga Valley Joint Vocational School District. (Summit County Fiscal Officer, 2005). Old Trail School
Old Trail School
Old Trail School is an independent coeducational day school, serving toddler though grade 8, founded in 1920. It is located in Bath, Ohio, in Cuyahoga Valley National Park...
, an independent co-ed day school is situated in Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Cuyahoga Valley National Park preserves and reclaims the rural landscape along the Cuyahoga River between Akron and Cleveland in Northeast Ohio. The park is the only national park in Ohio.Cuyahoga means "crooked river" in Mohawk....
.
Bath Nature Preserve
In 1997 and 1998, a 404 acres (1.6 km²) former FirestoneFirestone Tire and Rubber Company
The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is an American tire company founded by Harvey Firestone in 1900 to supply pneumatic tires for wagons, buggies, and other forms of wheeled transportation common in the era. Firestone soon saw the huge potential for marketing tires for automobiles. The company...
property was purchased by Bath Township and named Bath Nature Preserve. It contains grasslands, wetlands, ponds, streams, and mesophytic
Mesophyte
Mesophytes are terrestrial plants which are adapted to neither a particularly dry nor particularly wet environment. An example of a mesophytic habitat would be a rural temperate meadow, which might contain Goldenrod, Clover, Oxeye Daisy, and Rosa multiflora.Mesophytes make up the largest ecological...
and riparian deciduous forests, which has through an agreement been used by The University of Akron as a research station. It is used in ecology
Ecology
Ecology is the scientific study of the relations that living organisms have with respect to each other and their natural environment. Variables of interest to ecologists include the composition, distribution, amount , number, and changing states of organisms within and among ecosystems...
and biology
Biology
Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...
research, and field trips are taken there by many biology classes to observe animals and collect samples for herbaria
Herbarium
In botany, a herbarium – sometimes known by the Anglicized term herbar – is a collection of preserved plant specimens. These specimens may be whole plants or plant parts: these will usually be in a dried form, mounted on a sheet, but depending upon the material may also be kept in...
. A map of the habitats in Bath Nature Preserve can be found here, and a list of species found and identified in the preserve can be found here.
Notable residents
- Jeffrey DahmerJeffrey DahmerJeffrey Lionel Dahmer was an American serial killer and sex offender. Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991, with the majority of the murders occurring between 1987 and 1991. His murders involved rape, dismemberment, necrophilia and cannibalism...
, serial killer - LeBron JamesLeBron JamesLeBron Raymone James is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association . Nicknamed "King James", he was a three-time "Mr. Basketball" of Ohio in high school, and was highly promoted in the national media as a future NBA superstar while a...
, basketball player for the Miami HeatMiami HeatThe Miami Heat is a professional basketball team based in Miami, Florida, United States. The team is a member of the Southeast Division in the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association . They play their home games at American Airlines Arena in Downtown Miami... - Michael ConnellMichael ConnellMichael Louis Connell was a high-level Republican consultant who was subpoenaed in a case regarding alleged tampering with the 2004 U.S. Presidential election and a case involving thousands of missing emails pertaining to the political firing of U.S. Attorneys...
, high-level RepublicanRepublican Party (United States)The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
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