Boston Township is one of the nine townships of Summit County, Ohio, United States, about north of Akron and south of Cleveland. It is part of the Akron metropolitan area. The 2020 census found 1,401 people in the township.
Geography Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships and municipalities: Sagamore Hills Township - north Northfield Center Township - northeast Boston Heights - northeast, south of Northfield Center Township Hudson - east Stow - southeast corner Cuyahoga Falls - south Bath Township - southwest Richfield Township - west Brecksville - northwest
Most of the village of Boston Heights occupies a part of what was previously the northeast part of Boston Township. The village of Peninsula, which is still legally part of the township, is in the center. Cuyahoga Falls annexed an area along State Road and Northfield Center has the Brandywine area due to annexation when Northfield Center was part of Northfield Village.
It occupies most of survey Town 4, Range 11 in the Connecticut Western Reserve.
Name Named by James Stanford after Boston, Massachusetts, it is the only Boston Township statewide.
History The Hopewell Culture inhabited the area by ~200AD and constructed the Everett Mound near Everett.
Boston Township was established in 1811. Boston Township's land has been in the following counties:
Year County 1788 Washington 1797 Jefferson 1800 Trumbull 1808 Portage 1840 Summit
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,§503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed April 30, 2009. 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.
Transportation Highways Boston Township is served by Interstate 271, which has an exit onto State Route 303 at the border with Richfield Township, and by State Route 303, which goes east–west through the middle of the township. The Ohio Turnpike (Interstate 80) passes through the township without any exits.
Education Schooling for the township is provided by Woodridge Local School District.
References
Further reading Author unknown, (1999–2005). County Formation Maps. Retrieved May 2, 2005.
drelocation.com (2000). Welcome to Sagamore Hills, Ohio. Retrieved May 5, 2005. Extension Data Center, Dept of HCRD, The Ohio State University Ohio County Profiles. Retrieved May 4, 2005.
County of Summit (2005). TAX YEAR 2004/COLLECTION YEAR 2005 FULL TAX RATE SUMMARY SHEET. Retrieved June 18, 2005.
External links
County website