Huntsburg Township is one of the sixteen townships

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 of Geauga County

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 3,297 people in the township. The township is the home of the Indian Hill Observatory, owned by the Chagrin Valley Astronomical Society.

Geography

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

• Montville Township
  Montville Township, Geauga County, Ohio
  Montville Township is one of the sixteen townships of Geauga County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,984 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Hartsgrove Township, Ashtabula County
  Hartsgrove Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
  Hartsgrove Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,395 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the southwestern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Windsor Township, Ashtabula County
  Windsor Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
  Windsor Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,932 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Mesopotamia Township, Trumbull County
  Mesopotamia Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
  Mesopotamia Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,051 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Middlefield Township
  Middlefield Township, Geauga County, Ohio
  Middlefield Township is one of the sixteen townships of Geauga County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,418 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Burton Township
  Burton Township, Geauga County, Ohio
  Burton Township is one of the sixteen townships of Geauga County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,358 people in the township, 2,908 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• 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:...
  
   - west
• 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:...
  
  - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Huntsburg 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.

External links

• Indian Hill Observatory
• County website