Wadsworth Township is one of the seventeen townships

Civil township

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 of Medina County, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 3,996 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the southeast corner of the county, it borders the following townships and city:

• Sharon Township
  Sharon Township, Medina County, Ohio
  Sharon Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,244 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the east part of the county, it borders the following townships and city:...
  
   - north
• Copley Township, Summit County
  Copley Township, Summit County, Ohio
  Copley Township is one of the nine townships of Summit County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 13,641 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships and cities:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Norton
  Norton, Ohio
  Norton is a city in Summit and Wayne counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 11,523 at the 2000 census.The Summit County portion of Norton is part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the small portion in Wayne County is part of the Wooster Micropolitan Statistical...
  
   - east
• Chippewa Township, Wayne County
  Chippewa Township, Wayne County, Ohio
  Chippewa Township is one of the sixteen townships of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 7,078 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships and cities:...
  
   - south
• Milton Township, Wayne County
  Milton Township, Wayne County, Ohio
  Milton Township is one of the sixteen townships of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 9,254 people in the township, 3,053 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Guilford Township
  Guilford Township, Medina County, Ohio
  Guilford Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,447 people in the township, 3,181 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Montville Township
  Montville Township, Medina County, Ohio
  Montville Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,410 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Medina Township - north...
  
   - northwest corner

The city of Wadsworth

Wadsworth, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 18,437 people, 7,276 households, and 5,144 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,940.5 people per square mile . There were 7,613 housing units at an average density of 801.3/sq mi...

occupies central Wadsworth 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.

Public safety in Wadsworth Township is the responsibility of the Wadsworth Fire Department and the Medina County Sheriff's Office.