Brownhelm Township, Ohio | |
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 The Mill Hollow House at the Vermilion River Reservation | |
 Location of Brownhelm Township in Lorain County | |
| Coordinates: 41°24′12″N 82°19′1″W / 41.40333°N 82.31694°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Lorain |
| Area | |
| • Total | 20.58 sq mi (53.31 km2) |
| • Land | 20.31 sq mi (52.60 km2) |
| • Water | 0.27 sq mi (0.71 km2) |
| Elevation | 653 ft (199 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 7,877 |
| • Density | 380/sq mi (150/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 44001 |
| Area code | 440 |
| FIPS code | 39-09568[4] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1086503[2] |
| Website | brownhelm |
Brownhelm Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,877.
Brownhelm was the first local government of any kind in the United States to elect a black man to public office; on April 2, 1855, John Mercer Langston, a black man from Virginia, became town clerk. He later became a United States congressman.[5]
- ^ "U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: County Subdivisions: Ohio". U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
- ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Brownhelm township, Lorain County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ Kevin Merida, "The 'Obama before Obama'", The Washington Post, 7 June 2008. Accessed 26 Nov 2008.