Sheffield was created in 1815 and Sheffield Township was established in 1824. Sheffield Township is one of eighteen townships in Lorain County and a member of the Lorain County Township Association. Sheffield Township Trustees compose a three-member Township Board whose members are elected to four-year terms. There is also an elected township fiscal officer, who serves a four-year term beginning on April 1 of the year after the election.
 

The Board of Trustees is the overall governing body of the township. They decide issues of township policy and are responsible for all expenditures of township funds.

Township trustees do not hold regular office hours. They fulfill their duties on a part-time basis. However, because they live in the community, they are more readily available to their constituents.
 

Your township officials are always available to assist citizens with problems dealing with the Township, County, and State. The entire township is located in the Clearview Local School District.