Ruggles Township

Ruggles Township is one of the fifteen townships of Ashland County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 905.GeographyLocated in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships: New London Township, Huron County - northRochester Township, Lorain County - northeast cornerTroy Township - eastOrange Township - southeastClear Creek Township - southButler Township, Richland County - southwestGreenwich Township, Huron County - westFitchville Township, Huron County - northwest corner No municipalities are located in Ruggles Township.Name and historyIt is the only Ruggles Township statewide.This township is included in the region known as the Firelands and was originally a part of adjacent Huron County. It is named for Almon Ruggles, a surveyor retained by the Connecticut Land Company in 1808 and the first county recorder of Huron County.