Lake Township is one of the nineteen townships

Civil township

A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States, subordinate to, and geographic divisions of, a county. Specific responsibilities and the degree of autonomy vary based on each state. Civil townships are distinct from survey townships, but in states that have both,...

 of Wood County

Wood County, Ohio

Wood County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 125,488. Its county seat is Bowling Green. The county was named for Captain Eleazer D. Wood, the engineer for General William Henry Harrison's army, who built Fort Meigs in the War of 1812...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. 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 10,350 people in the township, 6,643 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Northwood
  Northwood, Ohio
  Northwood is a city in Wood County, Ohio, United States. The population was 5,471 at the 2000 census.-History:Northwood was originally Ross Township. It was the northernmost township in Wood County from its establishment on April 18, 1874 until December 1, 1962. Farms, gardens, orchards, and...
  
   - north
• Allen Township, Ottawa County
  Allen Township, Ottawa County, Ohio
  Allen Township is one of the twelve townships of Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,591 people in the township, 3,297 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Clay Township, Ottawa County
  Clay Township, Ottawa County, Ohio
  Clay Township is one of the twelve townships of Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,118 people in the township, 2,888 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Troy Township
  Troy Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Troy Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,355 people in the township, 3,357 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Perrysburg Township
  Perrysburg Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Perrysburg Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 13,613 people in the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west

Two villages are located in Lake Township: Millbury

Millbury, Ohio

Millbury is a village in Wood County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,161 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Millbury is located at ....

 in the east, and Walbridge

Walbridge, Ohio

Walbridge is a village in Wood County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,546 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Walbridge is located at ....

 in the northwest. Two prominent unincorporated communities

Unincorporated area

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 are within the township: East Lawn in the northeast, and Moline

Moline, Ohio

Moline is an unincorporated community in western Lake Township, Wood County, Ohio, United States.Moline does not have a post office. It shares its ZIP code with neighboring Walbridge .-Geography:...

 in the west.

Lake Township is the home of a local airport known as Metcalf Field

Metcalf Field

Toledo Executive Airport is a public-use airport located 6 nautical miles southeast of the central business district of Toledo, a city in Lucas County, Ohio, United States...

, prompting the Lake Local School District

Lake Local School District (Wood County)

Lake Local School District is a public school district in Northwest Ohio. The school district primarily serves students who live in Lake Township and the villages of Millbury and Walbridge in Wood County. It also includes small portions of Perrysburg, Troy, and Allen townships and a small portion...

 to adopt the nickname "Flyers", as the district's main campus is directly across the road from the airport.

Name and history

Statewide, other Lake Townships are located in Ashland

Lake Township, Ashland County, Ohio

Lake Township is one of the fifteen townships of Ashland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 735 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Mohican Township - north...

, Logan

Lake Township, Logan County, Ohio

Lake Township is one of the seventeen townships of Logan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 12,492 people in the township, making it the largest in population in Logan County.-Geography:...

, and Stark

Lake Township, Stark County, Ohio

Lake Township is one of the seventeen townships of Stark County, Ohio, United States. It is an urban township; the 2000 census found 25,892 people in the township, 23,718 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

Counties.

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. The board is composed of chairwoman Melaine Bowen and members Ron Sims and Richard Welling, and the fiscal officer is Ray McLargin.

External links

• Township website
• County website