Reed Township, Seneca County, Ohio

Reed Township, Seneca County, Ohio
Township
Omar Chapel
Location of Reed Township in Seneca County
Coordinates: 41°7′55″N82°53′24″W / 41.13194°N 82.89000°W / 41.13194; -82.89000
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Seneca
Area
• Total	38.5 sq mi (99.7 km2)
• Land	38.5 sq mi (99.7 km2)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation [1]	899 ft (274 m)
Population  (2020) [2]
• Total	738
• Density	19/sq mi (7.4/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	44807
Area code	419
FIPS code	39-65942 [3]
GNIS feature ID	1086952 [1]

Reed Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 738 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Thompson Township – north
• Sherman Township, Huron County – northeast
• Norwich Township, Huron County – southeast
• Venice Township – south
• Bloom Township – southwest corner
• Scipio Township – west
• Adams Township – northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Reed Township, but it does contain the unincorporated community of West Lodi.

Name and history

Reed Township was organized in 1826, and named in honor of Seth Reed ^[4] (or Seth Read), ^[5] a pioneer settler. It is the only Reed Township statewide. ^[6]

Omar Chapel is a historical property in Reed Township which once was a stop on the Underground Railroad. It was completed in 1843 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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, ^[7] 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. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
2. "Reed township, Seneca County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
3. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
4. Baughman, Abraham J. (1911). History of Seneca County, Ohio: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People, and Its Principal Interests. Lewis Publishing Company. p.  473.
5. Lang, William (1880). History of Seneca County, from the Close of the Revolutionary War to July, 1880. Springfield, Ohio: Transcript Printing Company. p.  578.
6. "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved February 16, 2007.
7. §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

External links

• County website