Salem Township is one of the eighteen
townships
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of
Columbiana County,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2010 census reported 5,484 people living in the township,
3,170 of whom were 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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Green Township, Mahoning County - north
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Beaver Township, Mahoning County - northeast corner
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Fairfield Township - east
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Elkrun Township - southeast corner
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Center Township - south
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Hanover Township - southwest corner
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Butler Township - west
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Perry Township - northwest
One city and two villages are located in Salem Township:
*The eastern tip of the city of
Salem, in the northwest
*The village of
Leetonia, in the northeast
*The village of
Washingtonville, in the north
Name and history
It is one of fourteen
Salem Townships statewide.
The township was among the first organized in the county in 1803.
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
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. 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.
Township Trustees
*William Heston, Chairman
Fiscal Officer
*Dale L. Davis
References
External links
County website
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Townships in Columbiana County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio
1803 establishments in Ohio