Chesterfield Township, Ohio

Chesterfield Township is one of the twelve townships of Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 938 people in the township.

Chesterfield Township, Fulton County, Ohio
Township
Houses at Oakshade
Location of Chesterfield Township in Fulton County
Coordinates: 41°40′46″N 84°9′49″W
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Fulton
Area
• Total	29.1 sq mi (75.4 km2)
• Land	29.0 sq mi (75.1 km2)
• Water	0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2)
Elevation [1]	810 ft (247 m)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	938
• Density	32/sq mi (12/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code	39-14072[3]
GNIS feature ID	1086121[1]

Geography

Located in the northern part of the county along the Michigan border, it borders the following townships:

• Seneca Township, Lenawee County, Michigan - north
• Fairfield Township, Lenawee County, Michigan - northeast corner
• Royalton Township - east
• Pike Township - southeast
• Dover Township - south
• Franklin Township - southwest corner
• Gorham Township - west

The unincorporated communities of Advance, Denson, Inlet and Oakshade are located in Chesterfield Township.

Name and history

Chesterfield Township was organized in 1837, and named for Chesterfield Clemons, a pioneer settler.^[4] It is the only Chesterfield Township statewide.^[5]

Westbound US 20 Chesterfield Township, Fulton County, Ohio, descending western edge of glacial Defiance Moraine

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,^[6] 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.

Public services

Public schools

Students from the township are served by the following public local school district:^[7]

• Evergreen Local School District

Mail

Mail is delivered in the township by the following U.S. Post Office locations:^[8]

• Fayette, Ohio 43521
• Lyons, Ohio 43533
• Wauseon, Ohio 43567

Telephone

Looking east from Inlet on County Road N. Shadow of the Inlet Mennonite Church's steeple can be seen at the bottom.

Most of the township is within the Chesterfield telephone exchange, which is served by Windstream Ohio, with telephone numbers using the following Numbering Plan Code:^[9]

• 419-452

A northwestern portion is served by the Lyons telephone exchange, which is delivered by UTO (United Telephone Company of Ohio,) doing business as CenturyLink, with the following codes:

• 419-390
• 419-923

The southern section of the township is within the Wauseon exchange, again served by UTO, DBA CenturyLink:

• 419-330
• 419-335
• 419-337
• 419-388
• 419-404
• 419-583
• 419-590

Electric

Toledo Edison and Midwest Energy Cooperative serve the township with electricity.^[10]

Highways

• US 20
• SR 108
• SR 120

Fire and EMS

Morenci Area EMS in Morenci, Michigan serves most of the township,^[11] with Lyons Fire/EMS serving an eastern portion, and Wauseon Fire/EMS serving a small area in the south.^[12]