Center Township is one of the eighteen
townships of
Columbiana County
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,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2020 census reported 5,793 people living in the township.
Geography
Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Salem Township - north
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Fairfield Township - northeast corner
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Elkrun Township - east
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Madison Township - southeast corner
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Wayne Township - south
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Franklin Township - southwest
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Hanover Township - west
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Butler Township - northwest corner
One village is located in Center Township:
*The
county seat
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and village of
Lisbon
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, in the east
Name and history
It is one of nine
Center Townships statewide.
The township was among the first organized in the county in 1803.
Center Township was named from its central position in Columbiana County.
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'' (ORC) 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 o ...
. 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
*Greg Shive, Chairman
Fiscal Officer
*Rebecca Tolson
References
External links
County website
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Townships in Columbiana County, Ohio
1803 establishments in Ohio
Townships in Ohio