Hartland Township, Huron County, Ohio
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|map_caption = Location of Hartland Township in Huron County
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|subdivision_name2 = Huron
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|area_total_km2 = 67.5
|area_land_km2 = 67.4
|area_water_km2 = 0.1
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|population_as_of = 2020
|population_total = 1060
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|timezone = Eastern (EST)
|utc_offset = -5
|timezone_DST = EDT
|utc_offset_DST = -4
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|elevation_m = 288
|elevation_ft = 945
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|postal_code_type = ZIP code
|postal_code = 44857
|area_code = 419
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|blank_info = 39-34258{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}
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Hartland Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population of the township was 1,060.
Geography
Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
- Townsend Township - north
- Wakeman Township - northeast corner
- Clarksfield Township - east
- New London Township - southeast corner
- Fitchville Township - south
- Fairfield Township - southwest corner
- Bronson Township - west
- Norwalk Township - northwest corner
No municipalities are located in Hartland Township.
Name and history
Hartland Township was organized in 1826.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qDwVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA232 | title=History of Huron County, Ohio: Its Progress and Development, with Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens of the County, Volume 1 | publisher=S. J. Clarke Publishing Company | author=Baughman, Abraham J. | year=1909 | pages=232}}
It is the only Hartland Township statewide.{{Cite web| title = Detailed map of Ohio| publisher = United States Census Bureau| year = 2000| url = http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/cousub_outline/cen2k_pgsz/oh_cosub.pdf| accessdate =2007-02-16}}
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,[http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/503.24 §503.24], [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/505.01 §505.01], and [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/507.01 §507.01] of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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
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External links
- [http://www.hccommissioners.com County website]
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