West Township is one of the eighteen
townships
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
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. The
2020 census reported 3,173 people living in the township.
Geography
Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Knox Township - north
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Butler Township - northeast corner
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Hanover Township - east
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East Township, Carroll County - southeast
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Augusta Township, Carroll County - south
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Brown Township, Carroll County - southwest corner
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Paris Township, Stark County - west
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Washington Township, Stark County - northwest corner
One village and one unincorporated community are located in West Township:
*The village of
Minerva
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, in the southwest
*The unincorporated community of
East Rochester, in the south
Name and history
It is the only West Township statewide.
The township was organized in 1814.
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 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
*Dale L. Lowmiller, Chairman
Fiscal Officer
*Jeff Haynam
References
External links
County website
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Townships in Columbiana County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio
1814 establishments in Ohio
Populated places established in 1814