Country United States County Geauga FIPS code 39-76628 Elevation 381 m Zip code 44086 Local time Thursday 8:17 PM | State Ohio Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) GNIS feature ID 1086161 Area 66.5 km² Population 2,269 (2010) Area code Area code 440 | |
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Weather 6°C, Wind E at 18 km/h, 80% Humidity | ||
Thompson Township is one of the sixteen townships of Geauga County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 2,269.
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Map of Thompson Township, OH, USA
Geography
Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
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.
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, 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.
Communication
Thompson Township is the site of WKSV 89.1 FM, a repeater transmitter for the WKSU public radio station based in Kent.