Country United States County Medina FIPS code 39-32676 Elevation 348 m Zip code 44273 Population 5,447 (2000) | State Ohio Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) GNIS feature ID 1086593 Area 65 km² Local time Saturday 9:41 AM Area code 330 | |
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Weather -7°C, Wind NW at 24 km/h, 57% Humidity | ||
Guilford Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,447 people in the township, 3,181 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
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Map of Guilford Township, OH, USA
Geography
Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
Two municipalities are located in Guilford Township: part of the city of Rittman in the southeast, and the village of Seville in the west.
Name and history
It is the only Guilford Township 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.