Chagrin Falls Township is a township located in Cuyahoga County

Cuyahoga County, Ohio

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. As of the 2010 census, the township had a total population of 4,233, which includes the village of Chagrin Falls

Chagrin Falls, Ohio

Chagrin Falls is a village in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. It is a suburb of Cleveland in the Northeast Ohio region, the 14th largest Combined Statistical Area nationwide. The village was established and has grown around a natural waterfall on the Chagrin River. As of the 2010 census,...

. The portion of the township outside the village limits had a population of 120 at the 2010 census. The unincorporated township consists of about 43 households on an area of 0.52 sq mi, resulting in a population density of 261.7 persons/mile² (101.0 persons/km²). It is one of only two civil township

Civil township

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s remaining in Cuyahoga County and the only Chagrin Falls Township statewide.

Geography

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

• Russell Township, Geauga County
  Russell Township, Geauga County, Ohio
  Russell Township is one of the sixteen townships of Geauga County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,529 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships and villages:...
  
   - northeast
• Chagrin Falls
  Chagrin Falls, Ohio
  Chagrin Falls is a village in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. It is a suburb of Cleveland in the Northeast Ohio region, the 14th largest Combined Statistical Area nationwide. The village was established and has grown around a natural waterfall on the Chagrin River. As of the 2010 census,...
  
   - southeast
• Moreland Hills
  Moreland Hills, Ohio
  Moreland Hills is a village in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. It is an affluent suburb of Cleveland. The population was 3,320 at the 2010 census.-History:...
  
   - west
• Bainbridge Township, Geauga County
  Bainbridge Township, Geauga County, Ohio
  Bainbridge Township is one of the sixteen townships of Geauga County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 10,916 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships and cities:...
  
   - east

According to the United States Census Bureau

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, the incorporated and unincorporated areas of the township have a total area of 2.6 sq mi, all land.

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. As of 2006, the board is composed of president Diana Nazelli and members Jeff Homans and Steve Thomas, and the clerk is Beth Boles.

External links

• Chagrin Falls Township official website