Official Name: | Gorham Township, Fulton County, Ohio |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Ohio |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Fulton |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Km2: | 112.8 |
Area Land Km2: | 112.4 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.4 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 43.5 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 43.4 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.1 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 2168 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 230 |
Elevation Ft: | 755 |
Coordinates: | 41.6742°N -84.3186°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 39-30940[3] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1086127 |
Gorham Township is one of the twelve townships of Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 2,168 people in the township.
Located in the northwestern corner of the county along the Michigan line, it borders the following townships:
The village of Fayette is located in central Gorham Township.
It is the only Gorham Township statewide.[4]
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.
Harrison Lake State Park is located in the township.
Students from the township are served by the following public local school district:[6]
Mail is delivered in the township by the following U.S. Post Office locations:[7]
Most of the township lies within the Fayette telephone exchange, which is served by Frontier North, with telephone numbers using the following Numbering Plan Codes:[8]
An eastern portion of the township is part of the Chesterfield telephone exchange, which is served by Windstream Ohio, with telephone numbers using the following code:
A small southeastern area is served by the Wauseon exchange, which is provided by UTO (United Telephone Company of Ohio,) doing business as CenturyLink, with the following codes:
Toledo Edison and Midwest Energy Cooperative serves the township with electricity.[9]