Ripley Township, Huron County, Ohio
Encyclopedia
Ripley 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 Huron County
Huron County, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 59,487 people, 22,307 households, and 16,217 families residing in the county. The population density was 121 people per square mile . There were 23,594 housing units at an average density of 48 per square mile...

, 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 943 people in the township.

Geography

Located on the southern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:
  • Fairfield Township
    Fairfield Township, Huron County, Ohio
    Fairfield Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,284 people in the township, 711 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

     - north
  • Fitchville Township
    Fitchville Township, Huron County, Ohio
    Fitchville Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,012 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

     - northeast corner
  • Greenwich Township
    Greenwich Township, Huron County, Ohio
    Greenwich Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 954 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the southern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:...

     - east
  • Blooming Grove Township, Richland County
    Blooming Grove Township, Richland County, Ohio
    Blooming Grove Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area...

     - southeast
  • Cass Township, Richland County
    Cass Township, Richland County, Ohio
    Cass Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area...

     - southwest
  • New Haven Township
    New Haven Township, Huron County, Ohio
    New Haven Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,860 people in the township, 2,011 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

     - west
  • Greenfield Township
    Greenfield Township, Huron County, Ohio
    Greenfield Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,442 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Peru Township - north...

     - northwest corner


No municipalities are located in Ripley Township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Ripley Township is located in Holmes County
Ripley Township, Holmes County, Ohio
Ripley Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,194 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

.

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.
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