Country United States County Medina FIPS code 39-73999 Elevation 283 m Zip code 44275 Area code 330 | State Ohio Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) GNIS feature ID 1086604 Population 2,429 (2000) Local time Wednesday 8:08 AM | |
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Weather 3°C, Wind NE at 6 km/h, 87% Humidity Area 65.27 km² (65.01 km² Land / 26 ha Water) | ||
Spencer Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,429 people in the township, 1,682 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
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Map of Spencer Township, OH, USA
Geography
Located in the west part of the county, it borders the following townships:
The village of Spencer is located in central Spencer Township.
Name and history
Spencer Township has the name of Calvin Spencer, who helped build a school in exchange for the naming rights. Statewide, other Spencer Townships are located in Allen, Guernsey, and Lucas 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, 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.