Huron Township, Erie County, Ohio

Coordinates: 41°23′52″N 82°34′49″W / 41.39778°N 82.58028°W / 41.39778; -82.58028
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Huron Township, Erie County, Ohio
FIPS code
39-37030[3]
GNIS feature ID1086064[1]
Websitehurontwp.org

Huron Township is one of the nine

2020 census
the population was 10,724.

Geography

Located in the northern part of the county along Lake Erie, it borders the following townships and city:

The city of Huron occupies the center half of surrounding Huron Township's south shoreline along Lake Erie.

Name and history

The Township of Huron was established by 1809; it has kept this name since that time. It was briefly combined with (now)

Milan Township
(originally named "Avery Township") for judicial districting purposes.

Huron village, at the mouth of the Huron River, was established about 1824, when the harbor was created, and the village quickly sprang up around it.[4]

The township was the former location of several French-Canadian fur traders migrating south from

Kingdom of Spain in 1763. Many Native American
tribes frequented this area, and hunted and fished along with the French. Gabriel Hunot traded here in the 1780s, and fur trader Jean B. Flammand (aka "John B. Flemming") came here to trade about 1805 and remained as a permanent settler. "Flemmings Cove" was named for him.

It is the only Huron Township statewide.[5]

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,[6] 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.

References

  1. ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ^ "Huron township, Erie County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ^ Fire Lands Pioneer series; 1858-1913, Firelands Historical Society
  5. ^ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved February 16, 2007.
  6. ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

External links

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