Berlin Township is one of the fourteen
townships
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, C ...
of
Mahoning County
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,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2010 census found 2,122 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Milton Township - north
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Jackson Township - northeast corner
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Ellsworth Township - east
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Goshen Township - southeast
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Smith Township - southwest
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Deerfield Township, Portage County - west
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Palmyra Township, Portage County - northwest corner
No municipalities are located in Berlin Township.
Name and history
Berlin Township was organized in 1828. The township was named after Berlin, Germany, the ancestral home of a share of the first settlers.
Statewide, other Berlin Townships are located in
Delaware
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,
Erie
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,
Holmes
Holmes may refer to:
Name
* Holmes (surname)
* Holmes (given name)
* Baron Holmes, noble title created twice in the Peerage of Ireland
* Chris Holmes, Baron Holmes of Richmond (born 1971), British former swimmer and life peer
Places
In the Uni ...
, and
Knox counties.
Government
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. Two are elected in the year after the presidential election and one is elected in the year before it. There is also an elected township fiscal officer,
§503.24§505.01
an
§507.01
of the Ohio Revised Code
The ''Ohio Revised Code'' contains all current statutes of the Ohio General Assembly of a permanent and general nature, consolidated into provisions, titles, chapters and sections. However, the only official publication of the enactments of the Ge ...
. Accessed 4/30/2009. who serves a four-year term beginning on April 1 of the year after the election, which is held in 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.
Current trustees (December 2017):
*Denny Furman
*Jodi Kale
*Jason Young
Transportation
The intersection of U.S. Route 224 and State Route 534, which lies about twenty miles southwest of Youngstown, Ohio
Youngstown is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio, and the largest city and county seat of Mahoning County, Ohio, Mahoning County. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, Youngstown had a city population of 60,068. It is a principal city of ...
, is located in central Berlin Township.
References
External links
County website
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Townships in Mahoning County, Ohio
1828 establishments in Ohio
Populated places established in 1828
Townships in Ohio