St. Clair Township is one of the eighteen
townships
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of
Columbiana County
Columbiana County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 101,877. The county seat is Lisbon and its largest city is Salem. Created in 1803, the county name is derived from that of 15th-centur ...
,
Ohio
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, United States. As of the
2020 census the population was 7,804.
Geography
Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships and borough:
*
Middleton Township - north
*
Ohioville, Pennsylvania
Ohioville is a borough in western Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,349 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.
History
Ohioville was originally Ohio Township, formed in 1805 from parts ...
- east
*
Liverpool Township - south
*
Madison Township - west
*
Elkrun Township - northwest corner
Two CDPs and one unincorporated community are located in St. Clair Township:
* The census-designated place of
Calcutta
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, in the center
* The census-designated place of
Glenmoor, in the southwest
* The unincorporated community of
Fredericktown, in the northeast
Name and history
Statewide, the only other St. Clair Township is located in
Butler County.
The township was among the first organized in the county in 1803.
It is thought to have been named after
Arthur St. Clair
Major-General Arthur St. Clair ( – August 31, 1818) was a Scottish-born American military officer and politician. Born in Thurso, Caithness, he served in the British Army during the French and Indian War before settling in the Province of Pe ...
, first governor of the
Northwest Territory
The Northwest Territory, also known as the Old Northwest and formally known as the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, was formed from part of the unorganized western territory of the United States after the American Revolution. Established ...
, which included Ohio.
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
*James Sabatini II, Chairman
Fiscal Officer
*Deborah Dawson
Notable people
* Jonathan H. Wallace
Jonathan Hasson Wallace (October 31, 1824 – October 28, 1892) was an American lawyer and politician who served briefly as a United States Congressman from Ohio from 1884 to 1885. He is known for winning his seat in Congress in a contested elect ...
, U.S. Representative from Ohio's 18th district
References
External links
County website
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Townships in Columbiana County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio
Populated places established in 1803
1803 establishments in Ohio