Berlin Township, Erie County, Ohio

Township in Ohio, United States

41°20′18″N 82°30′4″W / 41.33833°N 82.50111°W / 41.33833; -82.50111CountryUnited StatesStateOhioCountyErieArea

• Total31.6 sq mi (81.9 km²) • Land30.4 sq mi (78.8 km²) • Water1.2 sq mi (3.1 km²)Elevation

^[1]

784 ft (239 m)Population

(2020)^[2]

• Total3,450 • Density110/sq mi (42/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)FIPS code39-05802^[3]GNIS feature ID1086061^[1]Websiteberlintwpohio.com

Berlin Township is one of the nine townships of Erie County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Sandusky, Ohio metropolitan statistical area. As of the 2020 census the population was 3,450.

Geography

Located in the eastern part of the county along Lake Erie, it borders the following townships:

Vermilion Township - northeast
Florence Township - east
Wakeman Township, Huron County - southeast corner
Townsend Township, Huron County - south
Norwalk Township, Huron County - southwest corner
Milan Township - west
Huron Township - northwest

The village of Berlin Heights is located in southern Berlin Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Berlin Townships are located in Delaware, Holmes, Knox, and Mahoning Counties.^[4]
This township had been originally established about 1808 as "Eldredge" Township, in honor of one of its original land-speculators; however, due to that land-owner falling into dis-favor with the pioneer-settlers who purchased their farms from him, the township name was shortly-later changed to "Berlin" township.^[5]

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,^[6] 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.
^ "Berlin township, Erie County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved February 16, 2007.
^ Williams, William W. (1879). History of the Fire Lands, Comprising Huron and Erie Counties, Ohio. Press of Leader Printing Company. p. 452.
^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.