Ripley Township, Huron County, Ohio

Ripley Township, Huron County, Ohio
Ripley Township, Huron County, Ohio
Township
	1849 farmhouse on New State Road
	Location of Ripley Township in Huron County
	Coordinates: 41°1′35″N 82°34′19″W / 41.02639°N 82.57194°W
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Huron
Area
• Total	25.66 sq mi (66.45 km2)
• Land	25.59 sq mi (66.27 km2)
• Water	0.07 sq mi (0.18 km2)
Elevation	1,053 ft (321 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	1,116
• Density	43/sq mi (17/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code	39-67300
GNIS feature ID	1086358

Ripley Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population of the township was 1,116.

Geography

Located on the southern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:

Fairfield Township - north
Fitchville Township - northeast corner
Greenwich Township - east
Blooming Grove Township, Richland County - southeast
Cass Township, Richland County - southwest
New Haven Township - west
Greenfield Township - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Ripley Township.

Name and history

Ripley Township was named for Rev. Hezekiah Ripley, a pioneer settler.^[4]

Statewide, the only other Ripley Township is located in Holmes County.

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,^[5] 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.

References

^ ^a ^b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Ripley township, Huron County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ Baughman, Abraham J. (1909). History of Huron County, Ohio: Its Progress and Development, with Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens of the County, Volume 1. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 262.
^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

External links

County website

[GR3-1] "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.

[2] "Ripley township, Huron County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 12, 2023.

[GR2-3] "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.

[4] Baughman, Abraham J. (1909). History of Huron County, Ohio: Its Progress and Development, with Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens of the County, Volume 1. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. p. 262.

[5] §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Huron County, Ohio, United States
County seat: Norwalk
Cities	Bellevue‡ Norwalk Willard	Map of Ohio highlighting Huron County
Villages	Greenwich Milan‡ Monroeville New London North Fairfield Plymouth‡ Wakeman
Townships	Bronson Clarksfield Fairfield Fitchville Greenfield Greenwich Hartland Lyme New Haven New London Norwalk Norwich Peru Richmond Ridgefield Ripley Sherman Townsend Wakeman
CDPs	Celeryville Collins Holiday Lakes New Haven
Unincorporated communities	Boughtonville Centerton Clarksfield Delphi East Townsend Fitchville Havana Hunts Corners Olena Steuben
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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