Chardon Township is one of the sixteen townships

Civil township

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 of Geauga County

Geauga County, Ohio

Geauga County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 93,389. It is named for a Native American word meaning "raccoon". The county seat is Chardon...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 4,763 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships and municipalities:

• Concord Township, Lake County
  Concord Township, Lake County, Ohio
  Concord Township is one of the five townships of Lake County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 15,828 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships and municipalities:...
  
   - north
• Hambden Township
  Hambden Township, Geauga County, Ohio
  Hambden Township is one of the sixteen townships of Geauga County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,024 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Claridon Township
  Claridon Township, Geauga County, Ohio
  Claridon Township is one of the sixteen townships of Geauga County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,173 people in the township, 2,801 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-History:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Munson Township
  Munson Township, Geauga County, Ohio
  Munson Township is one of the sixteen townships of Geauga County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,450 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the north central part of the county, it borders the following townships and city:...
  
   - south
• Chester Township
  Chester Township, Geauga County, Ohio
  Chester Township is one of the sixteen townships of Geauga County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 10,968 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships and municipalities:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Kirtland
  Kirtland, Ohio
  Kirtland is a city in Lake County, Ohio, USA. The population was 6,670 at the 2000 census. Kirtland is famous for being the early headquarters of the Latter Day Saint movement.-Origins of Kirtland:...
  
   - west
• Kirtland Hills
  Kirtland Hills, Ohio
  Kirtland Hills is a village in Lake County, Ohio, United States. The population was 597 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Kirtland Hills is located at ....
  
   - northwest

The city of Chardon

Chardon, Ohio

Chardon is a city in Geauga County, Ohio, United States. The population was 5,148 at the 2010 Census. It is the county seat of Geauga County.-History:Chardon is named after Peter Chardon Brooks, who donated land to build the historic Chardon Square....

, the county seat

County seat

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of Geauga County, is located adjacent to the southeastern extent of Chardon Township.

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.