Guilford Township is one of the seventeen townships

Civil township

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 of Medina County, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 5,447 people in the township, 3,181 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Montville Township
  Montville Township, Medina County, Ohio
  Montville Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,410 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Medina Township - north...
  
   - north
• Sharon Township
  Sharon Township, Medina County, Ohio
  Sharon 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:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Wadsworth Township
  Wadsworth Township, Medina County, Ohio
  Wadsworth Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,996 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeast corner of the county, it borders the following townships and city:...
  
   - east
• Milton Township, Wayne County
  Milton Township, Wayne County, Ohio
  Milton Township is one of the sixteen townships of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 9,254 people in the township, 3,053 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Canaan Township, Wayne County
  Canaan Township, Wayne County, Ohio
  Canaan Township is one of the sixteen townships of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,736 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Westfield Township
  Westfield Township, Medina County, Ohio
  Westfield Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,172 people in the township, 2,545 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Lafayette Township
  Lafayette Township, Medina County, Ohio
  Lafayette Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,329 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:*York Township - north...
  
   - northwest corner

Two municipalities are located in Guilford Township: part of the city of Rittman

Rittman, Ohio

Rittman is a city in Medina and Wayne Counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The city is in Wayne County, although a small portion of the city is located in Medina County. The population was 6,314 at the 2000 census...

 in the southeast, and the village of Seville

Seville, Ohio

Seville is a village in Medina County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,160 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Seville is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land....

in the west.

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.