Wakeman 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 2,528 people in the township, 1,577 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Florence Township, Erie County
  Florence Township, Erie County, Ohio
  Florence Township is one of the nine townships of Erie County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Sandusky, Ohio metropolitan statistical area...
  
   - north
• Henrietta Township, Lorain County
  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...
  
   - northeast
• Camden Township, Lorain County
  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:...
  
   - east
• Clarksfield Township
  Clarksfield Township, Huron County, Ohio
  Clarksfield Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,518 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the eastern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Hartland Township
  Hartland Township, Huron County, Ohio
  Hartland Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 979 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Townsend Township - north...
  
   - southwest corner
• Townsend Township
  Townsend Township, Huron County, Ohio
  Townsend Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,567 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the northern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Berlin Township, Erie County
  Berlin Township, Erie County, Ohio
  Berlin Township is one of the nine townships of Erie County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Sandusky, Ohio metropolitan statistical area...
  
   - northwest corner

The village of Wakeman

Wakeman, Ohio

Wakeman is a village in Huron County, Ohio, United States, along the Vermilion River and is named after Jesup Wakeman, an early settler of Fairfield County, Connecticut, who was involved in western land speculation between 1800 and 1840....

is located in central Wakeman 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.