User:Addis-Bot/township/Category:Townships in Ohio by county/Lafayette Township, Medina County, Ohio
| Lafayette Township, Medina County, Ohio | |
|---|---|
| 镇区 | |
 Location of Lafayette Township in Medina County | |
| 国家 | 美国 |
| 州份 | 俄亥俄州 |
| 县 | Medina |
| 面积 | |
| • 总计 | 23.7 平方英里（61.3 平方公里） |
| • 陸地 | 23.2 平方英里（60.0 平方公里） |
| • 水域 | 0.5 平方英里（1.3 平方公里） |
| 海拔[1] | 1,020 英尺（311 公尺） |
| 人口（2000年） | |
| • 總計 | 5,476人 |
| • 密度 | 236.2人/平方英里（91.2人/平方公里） |
| 时区 | 东部（EST）（UTC-5） |
| • 夏时制 | EDT（UTC-4） |
| FIPS代码 | 39-41174[2] |
| 地名信息系统特征识别码 | 1086597[1] |
Lafayette Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, 俄亥俄州, 美国. The 2000 census found 4,329 people in the township.[3]
地理[编辑]
Located in the central part of the county, 与以下镇区接壤：
- York Township - 北
- Medina Township - 北east
- Montville Township - 东
- Guilford Township - 东南 corner
- Westfield Township - 南
- Harrisville Township - 南west corner
- Chatham Township - 西
- Litchfield Township - 北west corner
Two municipalities are located in Lafayette Township: the village of Chippewa Lake in the southeast, and part of the city of Medina, the county seat of Medina County, in the northeast.
Name and history[编辑]
Statewide, the only other Lafayette Township is located in Coshocton County.
Government[编辑]
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.
As of 2008 the board was composed of Lynda Bowers, Don Butler, and Lee Kehoe (president), and the fiscal officer was Shirley Bailey.[4]
参考资料[编辑]
- ^ 1.0 1.1 US Board on Geographic Names. United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25 [2008-01-31].
- ^ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. [2008-01-31].
- ^ Medina County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
- ^ Township Government, Lafayette Township, 2008. Accessed 2008-07-05.