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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Columbia Township, Lorain County, Ohio, Pittsfield Township, Lorain County, Ohio, Brownhelm Township, Lorain County, Ohio, Carlisle Township, Lorain County, Ohio, Eaton Township, Lorain County, Ohio, New Russia Township, Lorain County, Ohio, Amherst Township, Lorain County, Ohio, Wellington Township, Lorain County, Ohio, Grafton Township, Lorain County, Ohio, Henrietta Township, Lorain County, Ohio, Penfield Township, Lorain County, Ohio, Huntington Township, Lorain County, Ohio, Rochester Township, Lorain County, Ohio, Sheffield Township, Lorain County, Ohio, Camden Township, Lorain County, Ohio, Elyria Township, Lorain County, Ohio, Brighton Township, Lorain County, Ohio, Lagrange Township, Lorain County, Ohio. Excerpt: Amherst Township, Lorain County, Ohio Amherst Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States . The 2000 census found 7,598 people in the township, 6,174 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. Geography Located in northern Lorain County, it borders the following townships and city: The city of Amherst is located in northwestern Amherst Township, and part of the village of South Amherst lies in the southwestern part of the township. Name and history It is the only Amherst 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, 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 o...
