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The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in
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883:County seat
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729:January 28,
698:January 13,
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1279:Categories
1176:Twin Lakes
1156:Drakesburg
1111:Brady Lake
537:References
477:Government
448:Orson Hyde
261:feature ID
169:Population
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995:Townships
928:Tallmadge
293:Geography
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249:FIPS code
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1083:Suffield
1063:Randolph
1028:Franklin
1023:Edinburg
974:Mogadore
951:Villages
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421:Kirtland
253:39-35672
225:ZIP code
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1181:Wayland
1151:Diamond
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1088:Windham
1068:Ravenna
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1033:Freedom
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918:Ravenna
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803:of the
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