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The first municipal court was created in 1910, and county courts were created in 1957 as a replacement for justice courts. In 2014, there were 129 municipal courts and 35 county courts. [ 2 ] They are created by the General Assembly as provided in R.C. 1901 and 1907, and are limited by subject-matter jurisdiction .
Lake County Courthouse located in Painesville, Ohio was designed in an eclectic Beaux-Arts style by Cleveland architect J. Milton Dyer It was completed in 1909. [2]Dyer, a well known Cleveland, Ohio architect had previously collaborated with Cleveland sculptor Herman Matzen on the Summit County Courthouse (Ohio), located in Akron, Ohio, in 1906.
Lake County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio.As of the 2020 census, the population was 232,603. [2] Its county seat is Painesville, and its largest city is Mentor.. The county was established on March 6, 1840, from land given by Cuyahoga and Geauga counties.
Ohio law defines a structure for county government, although they may adopt charters for home rule. [1] [2] The minimum population requirement for incorporation is 1,600 for a village and 5,000 for a city. [3] Unless a county has adopted a charter, it has a structure that includes the following elected officers:
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.
LeRoy Township was established in 1820, but it was not made part of Lake County until 1840. During the Civil War, forty men from LeRoy Township served in the Union Army. [5] The January 1986 Northeastern Ohio earthquake occurred in the southwestern portion of the township.
The historical location of the unincorporated settlement of Concord [5] is at the north end of Ohio State Route 608 where it meets Ravenna Road/County Highway 360 (former State Route 44), though most current development in the immediate area is located nearby at the intersection of current State Route 44 and Interstate 90. [6]
See Wikipedia:WikiProject Ohio/Townships taskforce for information about how to write these articles. Pages in category "Townships in Lake County, Ohio" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.