Homer Township is one of the seventeen townships

Civil township

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 of Medina County, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,461 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the part of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Spencer Township
  Spencer Township, Medina County, Ohio
  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.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Chatham Township
  Chatham Township, Medina County, Ohio
  Chatham Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,158 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the west part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Litchfield Township - north...
  
   - northeast corner
• Harrisville Township
  Harrisville Township, Medina County, Ohio
  Harrisville Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,914 people in the township, 1,853 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Congress Township, Wayne County
  Congress Township, Wayne County, Ohio
  Congress Township is one of the sixteen townships of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,435 people in the township, 2,681 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Jackson Township, Ashland County
  Jackson Township, Ashland County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the fifteen townships of Ashland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,554 people in the township, 3,197 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Sullivan Township, Ashland County
  Sullivan Township, Ashland County, Ohio
  Sullivan Township is one of the fifteen townships of Ashland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,076 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Huntington Township, Lorain County
  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...
  
   - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Homer Township, although the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 of Homerville

Homerville, Ohio

Homerville is an unincorporated community in central Homer Township, Medina County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44235. It lies at the intersection of U.S. Route 224 with State Route 301....

 lies at the center of the township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Homer Township is located in Morgan County

Homer Township, Morgan County, Ohio

Homer Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 976 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:*Union Township - north...

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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.