Wakeman Township, Huron County, Ohio


Wakeman Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census the population of the township was 2,731, up from 2,528 at the 2000 census. As of 2010, 1,684 of the population lived in the unincorporated portion of the township.

Geography

Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
The village of Wakeman is located in central Wakeman Township.

Name and history

Wakeman Township was organized in 1824. It was named for Jesup Wakeman, one of the first landowners there.
It is the only Wakeman 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, 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.