Westfield Township is one of the seventeen townships

Civil township

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 of Medina County, Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 4,172 people in the township, 2,545 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Lafayette Township
  Lafayette Township, Medina County, Ohio
  Lafayette Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,329 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:*York Township - north...
  
   - north
• Montville Township
  Montville Township, Medina County, Ohio
  Montville Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,410 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Medina Township - north...
  
   - northeast corner
• Guilford Township
  Guilford Township, Medina County, Ohio
  Guilford Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,447 people in the township, 3,181 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Milton Township, Wayne County
  Milton Township, Wayne County, Ohio
  Milton Township is one of the sixteen townships of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 9,254 people in the township, 3,053 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Canaan Township, Wayne County
  Canaan Township, Wayne County, Ohio
  Canaan Township is one of the sixteen townships of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,736 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Harrisville Township
  Harrisville Township, Medina County, Ohio
  Harrisville Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,914 people in the township, 1,853 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Chatham Township
  Chatham Township, Medina County, Ohio
  Chatham Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,158 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the west part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Litchfield Township - north...
  
   - northwest corner

Three villages are located in Westfield Township:

• Part of Creston
  Creston, Ohio
  Creston is a village in Medina and Wayne counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 2,161 at the 2000 census. Creston is served by a branch of the Wayne County Public Library.-Geography:Creston is located at ....
  
  , in the southeast
• Part of Gloria Glens Park
  Gloria Glens Park, Ohio
  Gloria Glens Park is a village in Medina County, Ohio, United States. The population was 538 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Gloria Glens Park is located at ....
  
  , in the northeast
• Westfield Center
  Westfield Center, Ohio
  Westfield Center is a village in Medina County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,054 at the 2000 census. It was founded in 1826. When it was given a Post Office, the name "Le Roy" was assigned. The two names were used interchangeably until it was incorporated in 1914 as Le Roy, Ohio. In...
  
  , in the center

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Westfield Township is located in Morrow County

Westfield Township, Morrow County, Ohio

Westfield Township is one of the sixteen townships of Morrow County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,100 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...

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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

• Township website
• County website
• Township History