Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio
Bath is one of the 13 original townships in Summit County, Ohio. It is on the western edge of Summit County, bordering Akron and roughly 20 miles (30 km) south of Cleveland. No incorporated areas were formed withing the township but Akron and Fairlawn expanded into Bath via annexation. As of the 2000 Census, the township had a total population of 9,635. It occupies most of survey Town 3, Range 12 in the Western Reserve and is about 23 square miles (60 km²) in area. The township was originally known as Wheatfield when surveyed in 1808. The name was later changed to Hammondsburg after Jason Hammond, who settled there in 1810. The name was then changed to Bath when it was fully separated from Richfield Township in 1818.
Bath is bordered by Copley Township, Fairlawn, and Akron to the south, Granger Township in Medina County to the west, Richfield Township and Richfield village to the north, and Cuyahoga Falls and Akron to the east.
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 clerk, 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. The trustees and clerk are all chosen in non-partisan elections. Vacancies in the clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.
Transportation
Bath has direct access to Interstate 77 and access to I71, I271, I277 and the Ohio Turnpike is available in nearby communities.
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References
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