Knox Township is one of the eighteen
townships
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of
Columbiana County
Columbiana County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 101,877. The county seat is Lisbon, Ohio, Lisbon and its largest city is Salem, Ohio, ...
,
Ohio
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, United States. As of the
2020 census it had a population of 4,068.
Geography
Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships and city:
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Smith Township, Mahoning County - north
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Goshen Township, Mahoning County - northeast corner
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Butler Township - east
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Hanover Township - southeast corner
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West Township - south
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Paris Township, Stark County - southwest corner
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Washington Township, Stark County - west
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Alliance
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- northwest
Two unincorporated communities are located in Knox Township:
*The unincorporated community of
Homeworth, in the southwest
*The unincorporated community of
North Georgetown, in the west
Name and history
It is one of five
Knox Townships statewide.
The township was organized in 1808.
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
The ''Ohio Revised Code'' contains all current statutes of the Ohio General Assembly of a permanent and general nature, consolidated into provisions, titles, chapters and sections. However, the only official publication of the enactments of the G ...
. 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 Johnson, Chairman
Fiscal Officer
*Debra S. Hartzell
References
External links
Township websiteCounty website
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Townships in Columbiana County, Ohio
1808 establishments in Ohio
Townships in Ohio