Eaton Township is one of the eighteen townships

Civil township

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 of Lorain County

Lorain County, Ohio

Lorain County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio, and is considered to be a part of what is locally referred to as Greater Cleveland. As of the 2010 census, its population was 301,356. an increase from 284,664 in 2000...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. The 2000 census found 9,675 people in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in eastern Lorain County, it borders the following townships and cities:

• North Ridgeville
  North Ridgeville, Ohio
  North Ridgeville,is a city located along the eastern border of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The city's population was 29,465 at the 2010 census. A west side suburb of Cleveland, North Ridgeville is the number 1 fastest growing city in the entire Greater Cleveland area.Located from Cleveland...
  
   - north
• Olmsted Township, Cuyahoga County
  Olmsted Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
  Olmsted Township is a township located in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 Census, the township had a population of 13,513. It is one of only two civil townships remaining in Cuyahoga County and the only Olmsted Township statewide....
  
   - northeast corner
• Columbia Township - east
• Liverpool Township, Medina County
  Liverpool Township, Medina County, Ohio
  Liverpool Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,329 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships and city:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Grafton Township
  Grafton Township, Lorain County, Ohio
  Grafton Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,722 people in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:Located in southeastern Lorain County, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• LaGrange Township
  LaGrange Township, Lorain County, Ohio
  LaGrange Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,972 people in the township, 4,157 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Carlisle Township
  Carlisle Township, Lorain County, Ohio
  Carlisle Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 7,339 people in the unincorporated parts of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Elyria
  Elyria, Ohio
  -Community:Elyria has an extensive, although financially burdened, community food pantry and "Hot Meals" program administered through the Second Harvest Food Bank and several churches Elyria is served by Elyria Memorial Hospital.-Recreation and parks:...
  
   - northwest corner

Two municipalities are partially located in Eaton Township: a small corner of Elyria

Elyria, Ohio

-Community:Elyria has an extensive, although financially burdened, community food pantry and "Hot Meals" program administered through the Second Harvest Food Bank and several churches Elyria is served by Elyria Memorial Hospital.-Recreation and parks:...

 in the northwest, and the majority of Grafton

Grafton, Ohio

Grafton is a village in Lorain County, Ohio, United States, along the East Branch of the Black River. The population was 2,302 at the 2000 census...

 in the south. The census-designated place

Census-designated place

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 of Eaton Estates

Eaton Estates, Ohio

Eaton Estates is a census-designated place in Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,409 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Eaton Estates is located at ....

lies in the center of the 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