Monroe Township is one of the fourteen

townships A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...

of Carroll County,

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, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,924,Ohio Department of Development
/ref> 1,632 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Harrison Township - northeast * Union Township - east * Perry Township - southeast corner * Orange Township - south * Warren Township, Tuscarawas County - west * Rose Township - northwest Two incorporated villages are located in Monroe Township: Dellroy in the north, and part of Sherrodsville in the southwest.

Atwood Lake Atwood Lake is a reservoir located in Tuscarawas and Carroll counties in east central Ohio. The lake is formed by Atwood Dam across Indian Fork, a tributary of Conotton Creek. The lake is named for the community of Atwood which was purchase ...

lies in the northern part of the township and the

Conotton Creek Conotton Creek ( ) is a tributary of the Tuscarawas River, 38.7 miles (62.3 km) long, in eastern Ohio in the United States. Via the Tuscarawas, Muskingum and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an are ...

flows through the southwest corner.

Name and history

It is one of twenty-two Monroe Townships statewide. Monroe Township was established at the first session of the county commissioner's board, after the organization of the county in 1833. It contains twelve full sections and three half sections taken from the original township 14, range 6 of the Old

Seven Ranges The Seven Ranges (also known as the Old Seven Ranges) was a land tract in eastern Ohio that was the first tract to be surveyed in what became the Public Land Survey System. The tract is across the northern edge, on the western edge, with the sou ...

, contributed from Harrison County; also twelve full sections and two half sections from original township 15, range 7, as contributed from Tuscarawas County at the time Carroll County was erected by contributions from surrounding counties. It was named for

James Monroe James Monroe ( ; April 28, 1758July 4, 1831) was an American statesman, lawyer, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fifth president of the United States from 1817 to 1825. A member of the Democratic-Republican Party, Monroe was ...

, President of the United States.

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 officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

Education

Students near Sherrodsville and Leavittsville attend the

Conotton Valley Union Local School District The Conotton Valley Union Local School District is a public school district based in Bowerston, Ohio, United States. It serves northwestern Harrison County (including all of Monroe Township as well as portions of Franklin and North townships ...

. Those nearer to Dellroy attend the

Carrollton Exempted Village School District Carrollton Exempted Village Schools is a school district located in Carroll County, Ohio, United States. Carrollton High School, the only high school for the district, is located in Carrollton. Schools *Carrollton Elementary, Carrollton, Oh ...

.PUC Ohio map of School Districts

References

External links

County website
* {{authority control Townships in Carroll County, Ohio Townships in Ohio