Wellington Township, Lorain County, Ohio

Wellington Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,904 people in the township, 1,393 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.GeographyLocated in southern Lorain County, it borders the following townships: Pittsfield Township - northLaGrange Township - northeast cornerPenfield Township - eastSpencer Township, Medina County - southeast cornerHuntington Township - southRochester Township - southwest cornerBrighton Township - westCamden Township - northwest corner The village of Wellington is located in central Wellington Township.Name and historyIt is the only Wellington Township statewide.GovernmentThe 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.