Butler Township is one of the eighteen civil township, townships of Columbiana County, Ohio, Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census the population was 3,542.

Geography

Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships: *Goshen Township, Mahoning County, Ohio, Goshen Township, Mahoning County - north *Perry Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, Perry Township - northeast *Salem Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, Salem Township - east *Center Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, Center Township - southeast corner *Hanover Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, Hanover Township - south *West Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, West Township - southwest corner *Knox Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, Knox Township - west *Smith Township, Mahoning County, Ohio, Smith Township, Mahoning County - northwest corner Two unincorporated communities are located in Butler Township: *The unincorporated community of Damascus, Ohio, Damascus, in the northwest *The unincorporated community of Winona, Ohio, Winona, in the southeast

Name and history

It is one of six Butler Township, Ohio (disambiguation), Butler Townships statewide. The township was organized in 1806.

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
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of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed April 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.

Township Trustees

*Matthew S. Hall, Chairman *Thomas G. Sanor, Vice Chairman *Paul Lease

Fiscal Officer

*Jill M. Amos

References

External links

County website
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