Henrietta Township, Lorain County, Ohio

Henrietta Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 1,779.

Henrietta Township, Lorain County, Ohio
Township
Henrietta Township Town Hall.
Location of Henrietta Township in Lorain County
Coordinates: 41°19′44″N 82°18′31″W
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Lorain
Area [1]
• Total	21.21 sq mi (54.93 km2)
• Land	21.16 sq mi (54.80 km2)
• Water	0.05 sq mi (0.12 km2)
Elevation [2]	850 ft (259 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• Total	1,779
• Density	84/sq mi (32/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	44001
Area code	440
FIPS code	39-34972[4]
GNIS feature ID	1086511[2]
Website	www.henriettaohio.org

Geography

Located in western Lorain County, it borders the following townships:

• Brownhelm Township - north
• Amherst Township - northeast corner
• New Russia Township - east
• Pittsfield Township - southeast corner
• Camden Township - south
• Wakeman Township, Huron County - southwest
• Florence Township, Erie County - west

No municipalities are located in Henrietta Township.

Name and history

It is the only Henrietta Township statewide.^[5]

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.