Butler Township is one of the eighteen
townships of
Columbiana County,
Ohio
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, United States. As of the
2020 census the population was 3,542.
Geography
Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Goshen Township, Mahoning County - north
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Perry Township - northeast
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Salem Township - east
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Center Township - southeast corner
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Hanover Township - south
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West Township - southwest corner
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Knox Township - west
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Smith Township, Mahoning County - northwest corner
Two unincorporated communities are located in Butler Township:
*The unincorporated community of
Damascus
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, in the northwest
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, in the southeast
Name and history
It is one of six
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,
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§507.01
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. 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
Fiscal Officer
*Jill M. Amos
References
External links
County website
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Townships in Columbiana County, Ohio
1806 establishments in Ohio
Townships in Ohio