East Township, Ohio
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East Township is one of the fourteen
townships A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
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 808.Ohio Department of Development
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Geography

Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships: * Hanover Township, Columbiana County - northeast * Franklin Township, Columbiana County - east * Fox Township - southeast * Washington Township - southwest * Augusta Township - west * West Township, Columbiana County - northwest No municipalities are located in East Township.


Name and history

It is the only East Township statewide. This township was originally under the name of Franklin Township, in Columbiana County. It contains three rows of sections out of the original surveyed township 14, range 4, together with six sections taken off Augusta Township by the county commissioners.


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
Carrollton Exempted Village School District Carrollton Exempted Village Schools is a school district located in Carroll County, Ohio, Carroll County, Ohio, United States. Carrollton High School (Carrollton, Ohio), Carrollton High School, the only high school for the district, is located ...
.PUC Ohio map of School Districts


References


External links


County website
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