| Official Name: | Hinckley Township, Medina County, Ohio |
| Settlement Type: | Township |
| Motto: | "Small Town, Big Hearts"[1] |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Ohio |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Medina |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Km2: | 69.6 |
| Area Land Km2: | 69.2 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.4 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 26.9 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 26.7 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.1 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 8025 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [3] |
| Elevation M: | 315 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1033 |
| Coordinates: | 41.2419°N -81.7356°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 44233 |
| Area Code: | 330 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 39-35644[4] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1086595 |
Hinckley Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States, located in the northeast corner of the county. The 2020 census found 8,025 people in the township.
Located in the northeast corner of the county, it borders the following townships and cities:
No municipalities are located in Hinckley Township.
Hinckley Township was established in 1825.[5] Named for Samuel Hinckley, the original proprietor,[6] it is the only Hinckley Township statewide.[7]
The township became known across Ohio and the United States as the home of the buzzards. On March 15 of every year, buzzards arrive in large flocks at the town, as if on a very exact biological clock. The town began celebrating the arrival of the birds in 1957, and today as many as 50,000 visitors visit the Hinckley Reservation of the Cleveland Metroparks in the town annually on "Buzzard Day" to witness the return of the avian residents. The event is used to mark the beginning of spring for Hinckley and the surrounding towns.[8]
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 officer position or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.