Country United States County Lorain Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) Zip code 44001 Local time Saturday 3:50 PM | State Ohio Elevation 653 ft (199 m) Area code(s) 440 Population 7,782 (2000) | |
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Weather -1°C, Wind NE at 10 km/h, 44% Humidity Points of interest Vermilion River Reservation, Mill Hollow Bacon Woods Park, Showse Park | ||
Brownhelm Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 7,782 people in the township, 1,792 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. Brownhelm was the first local government of any kind in the United States to elect a black man to public office; on April 2, 1855, John Mercer Langston, a black man from Virginia, became town clerk. He later became a United States Congressman.
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Map of Brownhelm Township, OH, USA
Geography
Located in northwestern Lorain County along the shores of Lake Erie, it borders the following townships and city:
Parts of the city of Vermilion are located in northern Brownhelm Township.
Name and history
Brownhelm Township was established in 1818, and named from the word holm. It is the only Brownhelm Township statewide.
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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, 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.