Suffield Township is one of the eighteen townships

Civil township

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 of Portage County

Portage County, Ohio

Portage County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 152,061 at the 2000 Census and 161,419 at the 2010 Census. Its county seat is Ravenna. Portage County is named for the portage between the Cuyahoga and Tuscarawas Rivers...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 6,383 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships and municipalities:

• Brimfield Township
  Brimfield Township, Portage County, Ohio
  Brimfield Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 7,963 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships and cities:...
  
   - north
• Rootstown Township
  Rootstown Township, Portage County, Ohio
  Rootstown Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 7,212 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Randolph Township
  Randolph Township, Portage County, Ohio
  Randolph Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,504 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Lake Township, Stark County
  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:...
  
   - south
• Mogadore
  Mogadore, Ohio
  Mogadore is a village in Portage and Summit counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. It is a suburb of Akron and is part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
   - northwest
• Springfield Township, Summit County
  Springfield Township, Summit County, Ohio
  Springfield Township is one of the nine townships of Summit County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 15,168 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships and cities:...
  
   - west
• Tallmadge
  Tallmadge, Ohio
  As of the census of 2000, there were 16,390 people, 6,273 households, and 4,711 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,173.9 people per square mile . There were 6,494 housing units at an average density of 465.1 per square mile...
  
   - northwest corner

Part of the village of Mogadore

Mogadore, Ohio

Mogadore is a village in Portage and Summit counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. It is a suburb of Akron and is part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area...

 is located on land that was formerly part of northwestern Suffield Township.

Formed from the Connecticut Western Reserve

Connecticut Western Reserve

The Connecticut Western Reserve was land claimed by Connecticut from 1662 to 1800 in the Northwest Territory in what is now northeastern Ohio.-History:...

, Suffield Township covers an area of 24 sq mi (62.2 km²).

Geographical features

• Flatiron Lake Bog preserve (a 97 acres (392,545.4 m²) kettle hole
  Kettle (geology)
  A kettle is a shallow, sediment-filled body of water formed by retreating glaciers or draining floodwaters.-Overview:...
  
   bog
  Bog
  A bog, quagmire or mire is a wetland that accumulates acidic peat, a deposit of dead plant material—often mosses or, in Arctic climates, lichens....
  
   formed about 12,000 years ago; maintained by The Nature Conservancy
  The Nature Conservancy
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  )http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/ohio/preserves/art3092.html

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.