Country United States County Highland FIPS code 39-26026 Elevation 299 m Local time Sunday 1:37 AM | State Ohio Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) GNIS feature ID 1086303 Area 102.8 km² Population 3,219 (2000) | |
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Weather -4°C, Wind N at 10 km/h, 64% Humidity | ||
Fairfield Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,219 people in the township, 1,683 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
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Map of Fairfield Township, OH, USA
Geography
Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
Two incorporated villages are located in Fairfield Township: Highland in the west, and Leesburg in the center.
Name and history
It is one of seven Fairfield Townships statewide.
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.