Brighton Township is one of the eighteen townships

Civil township

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 of Lorain County

Lorain County, Ohio

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, Ohio

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. The 2000 census found 942 people in the township.

Geography

Located in southwestern Lorain County, it borders the following townships:

• Camden Township
  Camden Township, Lorain County, Ohio
  Camden Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,530 people in the township, 1,265 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Pittsfield Township
  Pittsfield Township, Lorain County, Ohio
  Pittsfield Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,549 people in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Wellington Township
  Wellington Township, Lorain County, Ohio
  Wellington Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,904 people in the township, 1,393 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Huntington Township
  Huntington Township, Lorain County, Ohio
  Huntington Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,282 people in the township.-Geography:Located in southeastern Lorain County, it borders the following townships:*Wellington Township - north...
  
   - southeast corner
• Rochester Township
  Rochester Township, Lorain County, Ohio
  Rochester Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 752 people in the township, 562 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• New London Township, Huron County
  New London Township, Huron County, Ohio
  New London Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,440 people in the township, 744 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Clarksfield Township, Huron County
  Clarksfield Township, Huron County, Ohio
  Clarksfield Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,518 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the eastern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
  - west

No municipalities are located in Brighton Township.

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.

External links

• Lorain County website