Spencer Township, Medina County, Ohio

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Spencer Township, Medina County, Ohio
Township
Spencer Lake boat launch, Ohio.jpg
Spencer Lake is located in Spencer Township
Map of Medina County Ohio Highlighting Spencer Township.png
Location of Spencer Township in Medina County
Coordinates: 41°5′58″N82°7′17″W / 41.09944°N 82.12139°W / 41.09944; -82.12139
Country United States
State Ohio
County Medina
Area
 • Total25.2 sq mi (65.3 km2)
 • Land25.1 sq mi (65.0 km2)
 • Water0.1 sq mi (0.4 km2)
Elevation
[1]
928 ft (283 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total1,812
 • Density72/sq mi (28/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
44275
Area code 330
FIPS code 39-73999 [2]
GNIS feature ID1086604 [1]

Spencer Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,812 people in the township.

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Geography

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

The village of Spencer is located in central Spencer Township. The Spencer Lake Wildlife Area is a 618-acre public hunting and fishing park featuring wetlands and a dog training area surrounding an artificial lake constructed in 1961, and rebuilt and enlarged in 1986. [3] The park lies two miles east of the village of Spencer.

Name and history

Spencer Township has the name of Calvin Spencer, who helped build a school in exchange for the naming rights. [4] Statewide, other Spencer Townships are located in Allen, Guernsey, and Lucas counties and formerly in Hamilton County.

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, [5] 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.

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References

  1. 1 2 "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ↑ Spencer Lake Wildlife Area (PDF), Ohio Department of Natural Resources , retrieved May 1, 2019
  4. ↑ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 129.
  5. ↑ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.
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