Geneva Lake with the nearby town of Geneva, Illinois, the city was renamed "Lake Geneva"; later the lake was renamed "Geneva Lake". Lakeshore attractions include Big Foot Beach State Park, Lake Geneva Yacht Club, the George Williams College campus of Aurora University, and Yerkes Observatory. The observatory is owned by the University of Chicago, which has established a study group to plan a regional center for science education at the observatory. Public access to the lake is allowed as the result of a decision by early European settlers that "20 feet of land leading up to the shoreline should be public domain."
Geneva Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio Geneva Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio Geneva Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census found 11,098 people in the township. Located in the northwestern corner of the county along Lake Erie, it borders the following townships: The Canadian province of Ontario lies across Lake Erie to the north. Two municipalities are located in Geneva Township: most of the city of Geneva in the south, and the village of Geneva-on-the-Lake in the north, on the shoreline of Lake Erie. Named for the city of Geneva, New York, it is the only Geneva Township