Official Name: | Chagrin Falls Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Image Map1: | ChagrinFallsTwp-CuyahogaCoOH.png |
Mapsize1: | 250px |
Map Caption1: | Location of Chagrin Falls Township in Cuyahoga County |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Ohio |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Cuyahoga |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Km2: | 6.8 |
Area Land Km2: | 6.7 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.1 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.6 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 2.6 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.0 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Total: | 4317 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 280 |
Elevation Ft: | 919 |
Coordinates: | 41.4311°N -81.3908°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 44022 |
Area Code: | 440 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 39-13372[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1085961 |
Chagrin Falls Township is a township located in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the township had a total population of 4,317, which includes the village of Chagrin Falls.[3] The portion of the township outside the village limits had a population of 129 at the 2020 census.[4] The unincorporated township consists of about 44 households[5] on an area of, resulting in a population density of 261.7 persons/mile² (101.0 persons/km).[6] It is one of only two civil townships remaining in Cuyahoga County (the other being Olmsted Township) and the only Chagrin Falls Township statewide.[7]
Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following villages and townships:
According to the United States Census Bureau, the incorporated and unincorporated areas of the township have a total area of 2.6 sq mi, all land.
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,[8] 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., the board is composed of chairperson Tom Florkiewicz and members John Finley and Jen McKee, and the fiscal officer is Beth Boles.[9]