Brown Township, Carroll County, Ohio

Brown Township, Carroll County, Ohio
Township
W&LE rail bridge over Sandy Creek in Oneida
Location of Brown Township in Carroll County
Coordinates: 40°41′47″N81°9′12″W / 40.69639°N 81.15333°W / 40.69639; -81.15333
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Carroll
Area
• Total	42.8 sq mi (110.9 km2)
• Land	42.0 sq mi (108.8 km2)
• Water	0.8 sq mi (2.1 km2)
Elevation [1]	1,004 ft (306 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	7,214
• Density	172/sq mi (66.3/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code	39-09400 [2]
GNIS feature ID	1085825 [1]
Website	www.browntwp-carrollco.org

Brown Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the township had a population of 7,214. ^[3]

Geography

Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Paris Township, Stark County - north
• West Township, Columbiana County - northeast corner
• Augusta Township - east
• Washington Township - southeast corner
• Harrison Township - south
• Rose Township - southwest
• Sandy Township, Stark County - west
• Osnaburg Township, Stark County - northwest

Two incorporated villages are located in Brown Township: Malvern in the center, and part of Minerva in the northeast. The unincorporated community of Lake Mohawk, a census-designated place, is in the southwest part of the township, and Pekin, another unincorporated community and census-designated place, is in the northeast part, next to Minerva.

Ohio State Route 43 passes through the township, leading west then north from Malvern 16 miles (26 km) to the center of Canton and southeast 10 miles (16 km) to Carrollton, the county seat. Ohio State Route 183 leads northeast from OH 43 4 miles (6 km) to Minerva.

Malvern, Pekin, and Minerva are in the valley of Sandy Creek, a west-flowing tributary of the Tuscarawas River, part of the Ohio River watershed.

Name and history

It is one of eight Brown Townships statewide. ^[4]

This township was named for John Brown, who then resided at Pekin, and who built the first mill in that part of Carroll County. Brown Township was made an independent township in 1815 while a part of Stark County. ^[5] With the formation of Carroll County in 1833, two miles off the east side of Sandy Township were annexed to the west side of Brown Township, creating an eight mile wide township. ^[6]

Government

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1820	365		—
1830	906		148.2%
1840	2,165		139.0%
1850	2,099		−3.0%
1860	2,022		−3.7%
1870	2,022		0.0%
1880	2,305		14.0%
1890	2,665		15.6%
1900	2,599		−2.5%
1910	2,655		2.2%
1920	3,629		36.7%
1930	4,141		14.1%
1940	4,301		3.9%
1950	4,974		15.6%
1960	5,267		5.9%
1970	5,662		7.5%
1980	7,568		33.7%
1990	7,958		5.2%
2000	8,300		4.3%
2010	7,935		−4.4%
2020	7,214		−9.1%
[7]

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, ^[8] 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 Minerva Local School District in the eastern part and Brown Local School District in the center and west part. ^[9]

Notable people

• Albert R. Haines (born 1826), member of the Ohio Senate ^[10]

References

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
3. Ohio Department of Development
4. "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved February 16, 2007.
5. Eckley, H.J.; Perry, W.T. (1921). History of Carroll and Harrison Counties. The Lewis Publishing Co. p. 169.
6. Perrin, William Henry, ed. (1881). History of Stark County, with an outline sketch of Ohio. Chicago: Baskin and Battey. p. 469. OCLC   23276454.
7. census data: 1820 : 1820 page 137, 1830 : Kilbourn, John (1831). The Ohio gazetteer: or, Topographical dictionary: describing the several ... in the State of Ohio. self. p. 332., 1840, 1880 : Howe, Henry (1907). Historical Collections of Ohio, The Ohio Centennial Edition. The State of Ohio. p.  359., 1850 : 1850 page 14, 1860 : 1860 page 12, 1870 : 1870 page 24, 1890,1900 : Hunt, William C. (1901). Population of the United States by states and territories, counties, and minor Civil Divisions, as returned at the Twelfth Census: 1900. United States Census Printing Office. p. 306., 1900,1910,1920 : Austin, William Lane; Teele, Ray Palmer (1921). Fourteenth census of the United States, Volume 1. Government Printing Office. p.  561., 1930 : 1930 page 40, 1940 : 1940 page 83, 1950 : 1950 page 14, 1960 : 1960 page 16, 1970 : 1970 page 124, 1980 : 1980 & 1990 Census Information, at reference desk, Carroll County District Library, 1990 : 1990 , 2000 : 2000 , 2010 : 2010, 2020: 2020
8. §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.
9. PUC Ohio map of School Districts Archived 2009-02-20 at the Wayback Machine
10. Commemorative Biographical Record of Harrison and Carroll, Ohio. J. H. Beers & Co. 1891. pp. 934–939. Retrieved September 30, 2023– via Archive.org.

External links

• Township website
• County website