Bronson Township, Ohio

Township in Ohio, United States

41°10′52″N 82°36′5″W / 41.18111°N 82.60139°W / 41.18111; -82.60139CountryUnited StatesStateOhioCountyHuronArea

• Total26.3 sq mi (68.0 km²) • Land26.2 sq mi (67.8 km²) • Water0.08 sq mi (0.2 km²)Elevation

^[1]

886 ft (270 m)Population

(2020)^[2]

• Total1,927 • Density73/sq mi (28/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP code

44857

Area code419FIPS code39-09148^[3]GNIS feature ID1086342^[1]

Bronson Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population of the township was 1,927.

Geography

Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:

Norwalk Township – north
Hartland Township – northeast corner
Fitchville Township – east
Greenwich Township – southeast corner
Ripley Township – south
New Haven Township – southwest corner
Greenfield Township – west
Peru Township – northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Bronson Township.

Name and history

Bronson Township was named for Isaac Bronson, one of the first landowners there.^[4]

It is the only Bronson 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,^[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.
^ "Bronson 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. 195.
^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed April 30, 2009.