New Russia Township is one of the eighteen townships

Civil township

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 of Lorain County

Lorain County, Ohio

Lorain County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio, and is considered to be a part of what is locally referred to as Greater Cleveland. As of the 2010 census, its population was 301,356. an increase from 284,664 in 2000...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census found 2,357 people in the township, 1,918 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in central Lorain County, it borders the following townships:

• Amherst Township
  Amherst Township, Lorain County, Ohio
  Amherst Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 7,598 people in the township, 6,174 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Elyria Township
  Elyria Township, Lorain County, Ohio
  Elyria Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,520 people in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Carlisle Township
  Carlisle Township, Lorain County, Ohio
  Carlisle Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 7,339 people in the unincorporated parts of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• LaGrange Township
  LaGrange Township, Lorain County, Ohio
  LaGrange Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,972 people in the township, 4,157 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Pittsfield Township
  Pittsfield Township, Lorain County, Ohio
  Pittsfield Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,549 people in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Camden Township
  Camden Township, Lorain County, Ohio
  Camden Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,530 people in the township, 1,265 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Henrietta Township
  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...
  
   - west
• Brownhelm Township
  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...
  
   - northwest corner

The majority of the city of Oberlin

Oberlin, Ohio

Oberlin is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, United States, to the south and west of Cleveland. Oberlin is perhaps best known for being the home of Oberlin College, a liberal arts college and music conservatory with approximately 3,000 students...

 is located in southern New Russia Township, and part of the village of South Amherst

South Amherst, Ohio

South Amherst is a village in Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,863 at the 2000 census.-Geography:South Amherst is located at ....

is located in the township's northwest.

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

• Lorain County website