Florence Township is one of the nine townships

Civil township

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 of Erie County

Erie County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 79,551 people, 31,727 households, and 21,764 families residing in the county. The population density was 312 people per square mile . There were 35,909 housing units at an average density of 141 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. It is part of the Sandusky, Ohio

Sandusky, Ohio

Sandusky is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Erie County. It is located in northern Ohio and is situated on the shores of Lake Erie, almost exactly half-way between Toledo to the west and Cleveland to the east....

 metropolitan statistical area. 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 2,500 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Vermilion Township
  Vermilion Township, Erie County, Ohio
  Vermilion Township is one of the nine townships of Erie County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Sandusky, Ohio metropolitan statistical area...
  
   - north
• Brownhelm Township, Lorain County
  Brownhelm Township, Lorain County, Ohio
  Brownhelm Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 7,782 people in the township, 1,792 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township...
  
   - northeast corner
• Henrietta Township, Lorain County
  Henrietta Township, Lorain County, Ohio
  Henrietta Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,873 people in the township.-Geography:Located in western Lorain County, it borders the following townships:*Brownhelm Township - north...
  
   - east
• Wakeman Township, Huron County
  Wakeman Township, Huron County, Ohio
  Wakeman Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,528 people in the township, 1,577 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Townsend Township, Huron County
  Townsend Township, Huron County, Ohio
  Townsend Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,567 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the northern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Berlin Township
  Berlin Township, Erie County, Ohio
  Berlin Township is one of the nine townships of Erie County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Sandusky, Ohio metropolitan statistical area...
  
   - west

No municipalities are located in Florence Township, although the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 of Birmingham

Birmingham, Erie County, Ohio

Birmingham is an unincorporated community in eastern Florence Township, Erie County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Sandusky Metropolitan Statistical Area. Although Birmingham is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44816...

 is located in the township's east.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Florence Township is located in Williams County

Florence Township, Williams County, Ohio

Florence Township is one of the twelve townships of Williams County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,115 people in the township, 1,087 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

.

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.