Wellington 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 5,904 people in the township, 1,393 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• 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:...
  
   - north
• 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:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Penfield Township
  Penfield Township, Lorain County, Ohio
  Penfield Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,690 people in the township.-Geography:Located in southeastern Lorain County, it borders the following townships:*LaGrange Township - north...
  
   - east
• Spencer Township, Medina County
  Spencer Township, Medina County, Ohio
  Spencer Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,429 people in the township, 1,682 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Huntington Township
  Huntington Township, Lorain County, Ohio
  Huntington Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,282 people in the township.-Geography:Located in southeastern Lorain County, it borders the following townships:*Wellington Township - north...
  
   - south
• Rochester Township
  Rochester Township, Lorain County, Ohio
  Rochester Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 752 people in the township, 562 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Brighton Township
  Brighton Township, Lorain County, Ohio
  Brighton Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 942 people in the township.-Geography:Located in southwestern Lorain County, it borders the following townships:*Camden Township - north...
  
   - west
• 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:...
  
   - northwest corner

The village of Wellington

Wellington, Ohio

Wellington is a village in Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The population was 4,511 at the 2000 census.-History:Wellington was settled in 1818 by Ephraim Wilcox, Charles Sweet, William T. Welling, John Clifford, and Joseph Wilson from the states of Massachusetts and New York...

is located in central Wellington 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.

External links

• Lorain County website