Center Township is one of the fourteen

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of Carroll County,

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, United States. As of the 2020 census there were 4,428 people living in the township, 1,341 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.Ohio Department of Development
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Geography

Located at the center of the county, it borders the following townships: * Washington Township - northeast * Lee Township - southeast * Union Township - southwest * Harrison Township - northwest The village of Carrollton, the

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of Carroll County, is located in central Center Township. Several state highways pass through the township, converging in Carrollton.

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leads northeast to

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and south to Cadiz.

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crosses OH 9 in Carrollton and leads east to East Liverpool and west to New Philadelphia.

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leads northwest to

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and southeast to

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, and

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leads south to Scio.

Name and history

It is one of nine Center Townships statewide. Center Township was not organized as a separate civil township until several years after the organization of Carroll County in March 1836, when the county commissioners had presented them a petition asking for the erection of a separate township to be called "Centre", being composed of parts of Harrison and Washington townships.

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, 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.

Education

Students attend the

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.PUC Ohio map of School Districts

References

External links

County website
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