Thompson Township, Geauga County, Ohio

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|population_total = 2144

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|timezone = Eastern (EST)

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|area_code = 440

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Thompson Township is one of the sixteen townships of Geauga County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 2,144.{{Cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US3905576628| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Thompson township, Geauga County, Ohio| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| accessdate=January 13, 2017}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

Geography

Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

Madison Township, Lake County – north
Harpersfield Township, Ashtabula County – northeast corner
Trumbull Township, Ashtabula County – east
Hartsgrove Township, Ashtabula County – southeast corner
Montville Township – south
Hambden Township – southwest corner
LeRoy Township, Lake County – west

No municipalities are located in Thompson Township. The township contains the unincorporated community of Thompson.

Thompson Township is the location of the Thompson Ledges landform.{{GNIS|1067006|The Ledges}} ("Thompson Ledges" listed as variant name){{cite web|title=Marker #6-28 Thompson Ledges / Thompson Ledges Park|url=http://www.remarkableohio.org/index.php?/category/466|work=Remarkable Ohio: Marking Ohio's History|publisher=Ohio Historical Society|accessdate=August 28, 2011}}

Name and history

Statewide, other Thompson Townships are located in Delaware and Seneca counties.

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.