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Brown Township, Carroll County, Ohio
Brown Township is one of the fourteen civil township, townships of Carroll County, Ohio, Carroll County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census the township had a population of 7,214. Geography Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships: *Paris Township, Stark County, Ohio, Paris Township, Stark County - north *West Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, West Township, Columbiana County - northeast corner *Augusta Township, Carroll County, Ohio, Augusta Township - east *Washington Township, Carroll County, Ohio, Washington Township - southeast corner *Harrison Township, Carroll County, Ohio, Harrison Township - south *Rose Township, Carroll County, Ohio, Rose Township - southwest *Sandy Township, Stark County, Ohio, Sandy Township, Stark County - west *Osnaburg Township, Stark County, Ohio, Osnaburg Township, Stark County - northwest Two incorporated villages are located in Brown Township: Malvern, Ohio, Malvern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civil Township
A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States that is subordinate to a County (United States), county, most often in the northern and midwestern parts of the country. The term town is used in New England town, New England, Political subdivisions of New York State#Town, New York, as well as Political subdivisions of Wisconsin#Town, Wisconsin to refer to the equivalent of the civil township in these states; Minnesota uses "town" officially but often uses it and "township" interchangeably. Specific responsibilities and the degree of Wiktionary:autonomy, autonomy vary in each U.S. state, state. Civil townships are distinct from survey townships, but in states that have both, the boundaries often coincide, especially in Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois, and may completely geographically subdivide a county. The United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau classifies civil townships as minor civil divisions. Currently, there are 20 states with civil townshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washington Township, Carroll County, Ohio
Washington Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ..., United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,116. Geography Located in the east central part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Augusta Township - north * East Township - northeast * Fox Township - east * Lee Township - south * Center Township - southwest * Harrison Township - west * Brown Township - northwest corner No municipalities are located in Washington Township. Name and history It is one of forty-three Washington Townships statewide. Originally Township 14 of range 5 of the Old Seven Ranges, and later a part of Columbiana County, the township was admitted whole with the formation of Carroll county. In March ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Seat
A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or parish (administrative division), civil parish. The term is in use in five countries: Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, and the United States. An equivalent term, shire town, is used in the U.S. state of Vermont and in several other English-speaking jurisdictions. Canada In Canada, the Provinces and territories of Canada, provinces of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia have counties as an administrative division of government below the provincial level, and thus county seats. In the provinces of Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, the term "shire town" is used in place of county seat. China County seats in China are the administrative centers of the counties in the China, People's Republic of China. They have existed since the Warring States period and were set up nationwide by the Qin dynasty. The number of counties in China proper g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrollton, Ohio
Carrollton is a village in Carroll County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. The population was 3,087 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Canton–Massillon metropolitan area. History The village was established as "Centreville" on October 4, 1815, by Peter Bohart, owing to its location at the crossroads of the routes between Steubenville to Canton and New Lisbon to New Philadelphia. After the village became the county seat of the newly formed Carroll County, the name was changed on February 24, 1834. The village derives its name from Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence. Many of the Fighting McCooks of Civil War fame lived in Carrollton. The Daniel McCook House is listed as a National Historic Place. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land. Carrollton is at the junction of State Routes 39 and 43. State Routes 9 and 332 also pass through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canton, Ohio
Canton () is a city in Stark County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is the List of cities in Ohio, eighth-most populous city in Ohio, with a population of 70,872 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The Canton–Massillon metropolitan area, which includes all of Stark and Carroll County, Ohio, Carroll counties, had 401,574 residents. Canton is located approximately south of Cleveland and south of Akron, Ohio, Akron in Northeast Ohio on the edge of Ohio's Amish Country. Founded in 1805 alongside the Nimishillen Creek, Canton became a center of heavy industry because of its numerous railroad lines. As shifts in the manufacturing industry led to the relocation or layoff, downsizing of many factories and workers during the late 20th century, the city's industry diversified into tertiary sector of industry, the service economy, including retailing, education, finance and Health care in the United States, healthcare. Canton is best known as the home of the P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ohio State Route 43
State Route 43 (SR 43) is a mainly north–south state highway that runs through the northeastern quadrant of the U.S. state of Ohio. Its southern terminus is at a signalized intersection with Ohio State Route 7, State Route 7 along the Ohio River in Steubenville, Ohio, Steubenville, and its western terminus is approximately to the north at Public Square, Cleveland, Public Square in Cleveland. It is one of ten routes to enter Public Square. Created in the mid-1920s, State Route 43 starts out in Steubenville, and runs northwesterly to Canton, Ohio, Canton via Carrollton, Ohio, Carrollton. From Canton, the highway runs northerly through Kent, Ohio, Kent and Streetsboro, Ohio, Streetsboro to Aurora, Ohio, Aurora, where it then turns northwesterly through Solon, Ohio, and continues passing through suburban Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland before entering the city proper, and coming to an end in downtown at Public Square. For its northernmost stretch of less than , State Route 43 s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pekin, Carroll County, Ohio
Pekin is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Carroll County, Ohio, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. The CDP is on the northern edge of Carroll County, in northeastern Brown Township. It is bordered to the east by the village of Minerva and to the north by Paris Township in Stark County. Ohio State Route 183 (Valley Street) passes through the southern part of the CDP, leading northeast into Minerva and southwest to Malvern. Canton is to the northwest via U.S. Route 30 from Minerva. Pekin is on the north side of Sandy Creek, a southwest-flowing tributary of the Tuscarawas River, part of the Ohio River The Ohio River () is a river in the United States. It is located at the boundary of the Midwestern and Southern United States, flowing in a southwesterly direction from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to its river mouth, mouth on the Mississippi Riv ... watershed. Demographics References Census- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Census-designated Place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such as self-governing city (United States), cities, town (United States), towns, and village (United States), villages, for the purposes of gathering and correlating statistical data. CDPs are populated areas that generally include one officially designated but currently unincorporated area, unincorporated community, for which the CDP is named, plus surrounding inhabited countryside of varying dimensions and, occasionally, other, smaller unincorporated communities as well. CDPs include small rural communities, Edge city, edge cities, colonia (United States), colonias located along the Mexico–United States border, and unincorporated resort and retirement community, retirement communities and their environs. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Mohawk, Ohio
Lake Mohawk is a census-designated place (CDP) in Brown and Harrison townships in Carroll County, Ohio, United States, developed around Lake Mohawk, a reservoir. The population of the CDP was 1,601 as of the 2020 census. History Lake Mohawk was founded in 1963 by property developers as a planned community. Geography The Lake Mohawk community is situated on both sides of Lake Mohawk, a small reservoir on Middle Creek, a tributary of Sandy Creek, part of the Tuscarawas River watershed flowing to the Ohio River The Ohio River () is a river in the United States. It is located at the boundary of the Midwestern and Southern United States, flowing in a southwesterly direction from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to its river mouth, mouth on the Mississippi Riv .... The majority of the lake and community are in Brown Township, with the upstream end of the lake extending south into Harrison Township. The lake's outlet is south of the village of Malvern. The community was establi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minerva, Ohio
Minerva is a village primarily in Stark and Carroll counties in the U.S. state of Ohio, with a small district in Columbiana County. The population was 3,684 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Canton–Massillon metropolitan area. History The village of Minerva began when a surveyor named John Whitacre purchased 125 acres of land from Isaac Craig in 1818 for the construction of a log mill. The town, named for his niece, Minerva Ann Taylor born April 19, 1828, grew up around the mill. She was born in a log house that still stands to this day, on which it is noted that she was born in 1828. Minerva's first schoolhouse was built in 1846. In its early years the Sandy and Beaver Canal helped drive Minerva's economy, to be replaced in importance by the Pennsylvania Railroad in the 1840s. Minerva manufacturers Willard and Isaac Pennock patented the United States' first steel railroad car in the nineteenth century. In 1915, the town's weekly newspaper, ''The Minerva News'', char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malvern, Ohio
Malvern ( ) is a village in northwestern Carroll County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,110 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Canton–Massillon metropolitan area. History Malvern was laid out in 1834 by Rev. William Hardesty as the village of Troy. It was renamed to Malvern in 1840. Home of some of the first paving bricks made in Ohio (1893), made by the Malvern Clay Company and the Canton & Malvern Fire Clay Paving Brick Company. These companies produced some 7.5 million and 9.0 million bricks per year, as in the year 1893. These bricks can be seen around Malvern today, in both buildings, foundations, and streets. Geography Malvern is located along Sandy Creek. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land. Malvern lies along Ohio State Route 43. Malvern is near the second largest privately owned man-made lake in Ohio, Lake Mohawk. Education Public education in the village of Malvern is provided by the Brown L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osnaburg Township, Stark County, Ohio
Osnaburg Township is one of the seventeen townships of Stark County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 5,421 people in the township. Geography Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Nimishillen Township - north * Paris Township - east * Brown Township, Carroll County - southeast * Sandy Township - south * Pike Township - southwest corner * Canton Township - west * Plain Township - northwest corner The unincorporated communities of Mapleton and Belfort are located in the south-central and northern areas of the township, respectively. The village of East Canton is located in northwestern Osnaburg Township. Name and history The township's name reminds of the German city Osnabrück - the German part ''-brück'' ("bridge") was changed to ''-burg'' ("castle"), to avoid the letter "ü". It is the only Osnaburg Township statewide. In 1833, Osnaburg Township contained one gristmill, seven saw mills, two tanneries, four ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
