Bronson Township, Ohio

Bronson Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population of the township was 1,927.

Bronson Township, Ohio
Township
Presbyterian church at Olena
Location of Bronson Township in Huron County
Coordinates: 41°10′52″N 82°36′5″W
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Huron
Area
• Total	26.3 sq mi (68.0 km2)
• Land	26.2 sq mi (67.8 km2)
• Water	0.08 sq mi (0.2 km2)
Elevation [1]	886 ft (270 m)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	1,927
• Density	73/sq mi (28/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	44857
Area code	419
FIPS code	39-09148[3]
GNIS feature ID	1086342[1]

Geography

Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Norwalk Township – north
• Hartland Township – northeast corner
• Fitchville Township – east
• Greenwich Township – southeast corner
• Ripley Township – south
• New Haven Township – southwest corner
• Greenfield Township – west
• Peru Township – northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Bronson Township.

Name and history

Bronson Township was named for Isaac Bronson, one of the first landowners there.^[4]

It is the only Bronson Township statewide.

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.