Lake Township is one of the seventeen
townships of
Stark County,
Ohio
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, United States. It is an
urban township; the
2020 census found 30,324 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships and cities:
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Suffield Township, Portage County - north
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Randolph Township, Portage County - northeast
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Marlboro Township - east
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Nimishillen Township - southeast corner
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Plain Township - south
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Jackson Township - southwest corner
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Green
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- west
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Springfield Township, Summit County - northwest
Several populated places are located in Lake Township (incorporated areas are not part of the Township):
*The village of
Hartville, in the northeast
*The
census-designated place
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CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
of
Greentown, in the southwest
*The census-designated place of
Uniontown, in the northwest
*The
unincorporated community
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of Mount Pleasant, in the southwest
*Two other unincorporated communities straddle Lake Township's borders: Aultman, which overlaps into Green within the southwest portion of the township, and
Cairo
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, which lies upon the township's southern border with Plain Township.
Name and history
Lake Township became its own stand alone
civil township
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in 1816 after its original formation as a
survey township
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within Plain Township then in 1806 within
Green Township. Statewide, other Lake Townships are located in
Ashland,
Logan, and
Wood
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counties.
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 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.
Education
The northern and eastern halves of the township (including Hartville) comprise the majority of the Lake Local School District, home to Lake Middle/High School. However, the southwestern quarter of the township is zoned to North Canton City School District, and a small area in the far southeast corner of the township is part of the Plain Local School District.
References
External links
Township websiteCounty websiteLake Local SchoolsLake Township Historical Society
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Townships in Stark County, Ohio
Urban townships in Ohio
Townships in Ohio