Rochester Township, Lorain County, Ohio

Rochester Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 752 people in the township, 562 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.GeographyLocated in southwestern Lorain County, it borders the following townships: Brighton Township - northHuntington Township - northeast cornerWellington Township - eastSullivan Township, Ashland County - southeast cornerTroy Township, Ashland County - southRuggles Township, Ashland County - southwest cornerNew London Township, Huron County - westClarksfield Township, Huron County - northwest corner The village of Rochester is located in northern Rochester Township.Name and historyIt is the only Rochester Township statewide.GovernmentThe 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 clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.