Springfield Township, Summit County, Ohio

Coordinates: 41°1′46″N 81°26′3″W / 41.02944, -81.43417
Springfield Township, Ohio
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Summit
Area
- Township	sq mi (km²)
- Land	sq mi ( km²)
- Water	sq mi ( km²)
Elevation ³	ft ( m)
Population (2000)
- Township
- Density	/sq mi (/km²)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code	39-74130²
GNIS feature ID	1087017³

Springfield Township's location within Summit County

Springfield Township is one of the nine townships of Summit County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 15,168 people in the township.^[1]

Geography

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

Tallmadge - north
Brimfield Township, Portage County - northeast corner
Suffield Township, Portage County - east
Lake Township - southeast
Green - south
Coventry Township - west
Akron - northwest

Several municipalities are located in the original boundaries of Springfield Township:

Part of the city of Akron, the county seat of Summit County, in the northwest
Part of the village of Mogadore, in the northeast
The village of Lakemore, in the south

It is about 14.7 square miles in size (Springfield Township, 2003-2004).

Name and history

It is one of eleven Springfield Townships statewide.

It was part of the Connecticut Western Reserve.

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. As of 2004, the trustees were Deborah Davis, R. Bruce Killian, and Vincent J. Mealy, and the fiscal officer was Richard W. Huber.^[2]

Education

Springfield Local School District encompasses Springfield Township and the Village of Lakemore. Portage Lakes Career Center is the vocational school for Springfield. (Summit County Fiscal Officer, 2005) The school district has faced serious financial difficulty; at the current time, the district's student transportation is at state minimum, and the district is actively cutting staff. ^[3]

Notable residents

Art Arfons, land speed record holder
J.R. Bookwalter, writer and director of The Dead Next Door, which was filmed around Springfield Township.

References

^ Summit County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
^ Springfield Township Home Page, Springfield Township, 2004. Accessed 2007-08-15.
^ http://www.ohio.com/news/top_stories/9348236.html

Commercial Survey Company (2004). Official Street Atlas of Akron Summit and Portage Counties. Cleveland: Commercial survey Company. ISBN 1-879116-56-1.
The Ohio State University Department of Human and Community Resource Development (2003). Summit County. Retrieved April 29, 2005.
Springfield Township, Summit County, Ohio (2003-2004). Springfield Township about us. Retrieved April 29, 2005.
Summit County Fiscal Officer, John Donofrio (2005). TAX YEAR 2004/COLLECTION YEAR 2005 FULL TAX RATE SUMMARY SHEET. Retrieved April 29, 2005.

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Municipalities and communities of Summit County, Ohio
County seat: Akron
Cities	Akron \| Barberton \| Cuyahoga Falls \| Fairlawn \| Green \| Hudson \| Macedonia \| Munroe Falls \| New Franklin \| Norton \| Stow \| Tallmadge \| Twinsburg
Villages	Boston Heights \| Clinton \| Lakemore \| Mogadore \| Northfield \| Peninsula \| Reminderville \| Richfield \| Silver Lake
Townships	Bath \| Boston \| Copley \| Coventry \| Northfield Center \| Richfield \| Sagamore Hills \| Springfield \| Twinsburg
Census-designated places	Montrose-Ghent \| Pigeon Creek \| Portage Lakes
Other localities	Ghent \| Hammond's Corners \| Montrose

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