Milan Township, Erie County, Ohio

Township in Ohio, United States

41°18′46″N 82°35′51″W / 41.31278°N 82.59750°W / 41.31278; -82.59750CountryUnited StatesStateOhioCountyErieArea

• Total25.9 sq mi (67.1 km²) • Land25.5 sq mi (66.1 km²) • Water0.4 sq mi (1.0 km²)Elevation

^[1]

581 ft (177 m)Population

(2020)^[2]

• Total3,580 • Density140/sq mi (53/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP code

44846

Area code419FIPS code39-50148^[3]GNIS feature ID1086067^[1]Websitewww.milantwp.org

Milan Township is one of the nine townships of Erie County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Sandusky, Ohio metropolitan statistical area, which is also the county seat of Erie County. As of the 2020 census 3,580 people lived in the township.

Geography

Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:

Huron Township - north
Berlin Township - east
Townsend Township, Huron County - southeast corner
Norwalk Township, Huron County - south
Ridgefield Township, Huron County - southwest corner
Oxford Township - west
Perkins Township - northwest corner

The village of Milan is located in southern Milan Township, and the unincorporated community of Avery (formerly 'Spears Corners'), formerly the center of the township's life, lies in the township's west.

Name and history

In 1787, the village of "Petquotting"/"New Salem" was established by the Moravian Indians (about 3 miles (5 km) north of present Milan village); they abandoned this village by 1791, but returned in 1804, until about 1808, to a new location within the now village of Milan.

Milan Township was originally established about 1808 as "Avery Township". It was shortly later combined with Huron Township for civil and judicial district purposes; and it became Milan Township by 1821.^[4] The present site of Avery (centrally located within this township) was formerly named 'Spears Corners".

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.
^ "Milan township, Erie County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ Fire Lands Pioneer series; 1858-1913, Firelands Historical Society
^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.