Windsor Township is one of the twenty-seven townships

Civil township

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 of Ashtabula County

Ashtabula County, Ohio

Ashtabula County is the northeasternmost county in the state of Ohio. As of 2010, the population was 101,497, its county seat is Jefferson. The county is named for a Native American word meaning "river of many fish"....

, 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 1,932 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Hartsgrove Township
  Hartsgrove Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
  Hartsgrove Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,395 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the southwestern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Rome Township
  Rome Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
  Rome Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,568 people in the township, 919 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Orwell Township
  Orwell Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
  Orwell Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,830 people in the township, 1,311 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Bloomfield Township, Trumbull County
  Bloomfield Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
  Bloomfield Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,097 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Mesopotamia Township, Trumbull County
  Mesopotamia Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
  Mesopotamia Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,051 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Middlefield Township, Geauga County
  Middlefield Township, Geauga County, Ohio
  Middlefield Township is one of the sixteen townships of Geauga County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,418 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Huntsburg Township, Geauga County
  Huntsburg Township, Geauga County, Ohio
  Huntsburg Township is one of the sixteen townships of Geauga County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,297 people in the township. The township is the home of the Indian Hill Observatory, owned by the Chagrin Valley Astronomical Society....
  
   - west
• Montville Township, Geauga County
  Montville Township, Geauga County, Ohio
  Montville Township is one of the sixteen townships of Geauga County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,984 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Windsor Township, although the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 of Windsor

Windsor, Ohio

Windsor is an unincorporated community in eastern Windsor Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44099. It lies at the intersection of U.S. Route 322 with State Route 534....

 lies in the township's east.

Name and history

Statewide, other Windsor Townships are located in Lawrence

Windsor Township, Lawrence County, Ohio

Windsor Township is one of the fourteen townships of Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,127 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

 and Morgan

Windsor Township, Morgan County, Ohio

Windsor Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,951 people in the township, 1,411 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

 Counties.

The earliest white settler in Windsor Township was George Phelps, who came to the area from Connecticut

Connecticut

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in 1799.

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. Currently, the board is composed of chairman Jeffrey Merritt and members Bonnie Plizga and Robert Slusher.