Newbury Township, Geauga County, Ohio

Newbury Township is one of the sixteen townships of Geauga County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,805 people in the township. Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.

As of the 2000 census, the center of population in Geauga County was located in northeastern Newbury Township, near Oak Tree Trail.

Geography

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

• Munson Township - north
• Claridon Township - northeast corner
• Burton Township - east
• Troy Township - southeast corner
• Auburn Township - south
• Bainbridge Township - southwest corner
• Russell Township - west
• Chester Township - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Newbury Township.

Name and history

It is the only Newbury Township statewide.

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,, , and of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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...
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