Huntsburg Township, Geauga County, Ohio
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| official_name = Huntsburg Township, Geauga County, Ohio
| settlement_type = Township
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| image_skyline = Huntsburg Township Hall.jpg
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| image_caption = Huntsburg Township's Town Hall
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| image_map = Map of Geauga County Ohio Highlighting Huntsburg Township.png
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| map_caption = Location of Huntsburg Township in Geauga County
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = United States
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = Ohio
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Geauga
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| unit_pref = Imperial
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| area_total_km2 = 63.2
| area_land_km2 = 61.3
| area_water_km2 = 1.8
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| population_as_of = 2020
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| population_total = 3657
| population_density_km2 = 59.5
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| timezone = Eastern (EST)
| utc_offset = -5
| timezone_DST = EDT
| utc_offset_DST = -4
| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=2007-10-25}}
| elevation_m = 384
| elevation_ft = 1260
| coordinates = {{coord|41|32|30|N|81|3|33|W|region:US-OH|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type = ZIP code
| postal_code = 44046
| area_code = 440
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| blank_info = 39-36946{{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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| website = {{URL|huntsburg.org}}
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Huntsburg Township is one of the sixteen townships of Geauga County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 3,657,{{Cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US3905536946| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Huntsburg township, Geauga County, Ohio (revision of 12-05-2012)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| accessdate=January 13, 2017}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} up from 3,297 at the 2000 census.{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/G001/0600000US3905536946| title=Geographic Identifiers: Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data (G001): Huntsburg township, Geauga County, Ohio| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| accessdate=January 13, 2017| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213161402/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/G001/0600000US3905536946| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}
Huntsburg is home to a sizable Amish community that is part of the Middlefield settlement, the fourth largest in the world.{{cite web |url=http://www.middlefieldohio.com/our-community |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120827003453/http://middlefieldohio.com/our-community |archive-date=2012-08-27 |title=Our Community}}
Geography
Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
- Montville Township - north
- Hartsgrove Township, Ashtabula County - northeast corner
- Windsor Township, Ashtabula County - east
- Mesopotamia Township, Trumbull County - southeast corner
- Middlefield Township - south
- Burton Township - southwest corner
- Claridon Township - west
- Hambden Township - northwest corner
No municipalities are located in Huntsburg Township.
Name and history
Huntsburg Township was established in 1821.{{cite book|last=Overman|first=William Daniel|title=Ohio Town Names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015015361465;view=1up;seq=79|year=1958|publisher=Atlantic Press|location=Akron, OH|page=63}} The township was named for Dr. Eben Hunt, an original owner of the land.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n162 163]}} It is the only Huntsburg Township statewide.{{Cite web| title = Detailed map of Ohio| publisher = United States Census Bureau| year = 2010| url = https://www.census.gov}}
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.
Huntsburg Pumpkin Festival
A Pumpkin Festival is held near the town hall each year in October. The festival features giant pumpkins, live performers, contests, food vendors and more.{{Cite web |title=Huntsburg Pumpkin Festival |url=https://huntsburgpumpkinfestival.com/ |access-date=2023-07-16 |language=en-US}}
References
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External links
- [http://huntsburg.org/ Huntsburg Township official website]
- [http://www.co.geauga.oh.us County website]
- [https://huntsburgpumpkinfestival.com Huntsburg Pumpkin Festival website]
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