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The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in
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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.
377:, in 2000 Pittsfield had 1,549 residents with an average age of 39.33 years. The population density was 22.77 people/km (59.0 people/sq mi). There were 576 housing units. The median household income was $ 54,750 and the per capita income was $ 22,470.
392:. There were white settlers before 1813 but they left. Milton Whitney, one of the large landowners in the area, arranged for settlers to move in in 1821. In 1831, the township was separated from
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396:and named Pittsfield after
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1074:Categories
1019:Ghost town
941:Wellington
926:Pittsfield
916:New Russia
906:Huntington
838:Wellington
641:82°13′09″W
638:41°14′13″N
420:References
411:Government
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1036:Footnotes
936:Sheffield
931:Rochester
901:Henrietta
866:Brownhelm
848:Townships
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823:Rochester
777:Vermilion
747:Avon Lake
446:August 5,
286:Geography
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226:FIPS code
192:Time zone
162:Elevation
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921:Penfield
911:LaGrange
881:Columbia
876:Carlisle
861:Brighton
818:LaGrange
800:Villages
497:July 18,
230:39-62960
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896:Grafton
856:Amherst
808:Grafton
767:Oberlin
737:Amherst
576:of the
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246:Website
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100:Country
984:Belden
891:Elyria
871:Camden
813:Kipton
757:Lorain
752:Elyria
729:Cities
719:Elyria
572:, and
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122:County
886:Eaton
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