Lawrence Township is one of the twenty-two
townships
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of
Tuscarawas County
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,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2000 census found 5,241 people in the township, 4,154 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
Geography
Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Pike Township, Stark County - northeast
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Sandy Township - east
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Fairfield Township - southeast
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Dover Township - south
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Franklin Township - west
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Bethlehem Township, Stark County - northwest
Two villages are located in Lawrence Township:
Bolivar in the north, and
Zoar in the east. The
census-designated place
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of
Wilkshire Hills occupies the northeast corner of the township, between Bolivar and Zoar.
Name and history
The first white settlement in Lawrence Township was Lawrenceville, founded by Abraham Mosser in 1805 opposite Bolivar on the
Tuscarawas River
The Tuscarawas River is a principal tributary of the Muskingum River, 129.9 miles (209 km) long, in northeastern Ohio in the United States. Via the Muskingum and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining a ...
in the area that is now Wilkshire Hills.
Statewide, other Lawrence Townships are located in
Lawrence
Lawrence may refer to:
Education Colleges and universities
* Lawrence Technological University, a university in Southfield, Michigan, United States
* Lawrence University, a liberal arts university in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States
Preparator ...
,
Stark, and
Washington
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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, 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 officer-ship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees. The current trustees are Donald Ackerman, Matt Ritterbeck, and Michael Haueter, and the fiscal officer is John McClellan.
Tuscarawas County, Ohio — Engineer: Joseph S. Bachman
. Tuscarawas County. Accessed 2007-06-01.
References
External links
County website
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Townships in Tuscarawas County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio