Center Township, Carroll County, Ohio | |
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Community Park along State Route 39 in Center Township | |
Location of Center Township in Carroll County | |
Coordinates: 40°34′42″N81°4′51″W / 40.57833°N 81.08083°W Coordinates: 40°34′42″N81°4′51″W / 40.57833°N 81.08083°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Ohio |
County | Carroll |
Area | |
• Total | 14.8 sq mi (38.4 km2) |
• Land | 14.8 sq mi (38.4 km2) |
• Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
Elevation | 1,145 ft (349 m) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 4,664 |
• Density | 315/sq mi (121.5/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
FIPS code | 39-12896 [2] |
GNIS feature ID | 1085826 [1] |
Center Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census there were 4,664 people living in the township, 1,423 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [3]
Located at the center of the county, it borders the following townships:
The village of Carrollton, the county seat of Carroll County, is located in central Center Township.
Several state highways pass through the township, converging in Carrollton. Ohio State Route 9 leads northeast 28 miles (45 km) to Salem and south 30 miles (48 km) to Cadiz. Ohio State Route 39 crosses OH 9 in Carrollton and leads east 32 miles (51 km) to East Liverpool and west 25 miles (40 km) to New Philadelphia. Ohio State Route 43 leads northwest 26 miles (42 km) to Canton and southeast 34 miles (55 km) to Steubenville, and Ohio State Route 332 leads south 14 miles (23 km) to Scio.
It is one of nine Center Townships statewide. [4]
Center Township was not organized as a separate civil township until several years after the organization of Carroll County in March 1836, when the county commissioners had presented them a petition asking for the erection of a separate township to be called "Centre", being composed of parts of Harrison and Washington townships. [5]
Historical population | |||
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Census | Pop. | %± | |
1840 | 1,139 | — | |
1850 | 1,199 | 5.3% | |
1860 | 1,204 | 0.4% | |
1870 | 1,227 | 1.9% | |
1880 | 1,590 | 29.6% | |
1890 | 1,605 | 0.9% | |
1900 | 1,704 | 6.2% | |
1910 | 2,149 | 26.1% | |
1920 | 2,653 | 23.5% | |
1930 | 2,884 | 8.7% | |
1940 | 3,245 | 12.5% | |
1950 | 3,450 | 6.3% | |
1960 | 3,893 | 12.8% | |
1970 | 4,311 | 10.7% | |
1980 | 4,526 | 5.0% | |
1990 | 4,434 | −2.0% | |
2000 | 4,412 | −0.5% | |
2010 | 4,664 | 5.7% | |
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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, [7] 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.
Students attend the Carrollton Exempted Village School District. [8]
Morgan Township, one of thirteen townships in the county, is located in the southwestern corner of Butler County, Ohio, United States, on the state line with Indiana. It had a population of 5,515 at the 2010 census, up from 5,328 in 2000. There are no incorporated places in the township. Unincorporated places there include Alert, Okeana, Macedonia, and Shandon. It comprised one full survey township in the first range of the Congress Lands and has an area of 36.8 square miles (95.3 km2).
Lake Township is one of the seventeen townships of Logan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 12,492 people in the township, making it the largest in population in Logan County.
Harrison Township is one of the seventeen townships of Logan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,093 people in the township.
Union Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 977.
Sandy Township is one of the seventeen townships of Stark County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census found 3,675 people in the township; this was a slight decrease from the 2000 census, which found 3,679 people in the township, 2,059 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
Paris Township is one of the seventeen townships of Stark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,969 people in the township, 3,938 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
Monroe Township is one of the fifteen townships of Harrison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,241 people in the township, 827 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
Rumley Township is one of the fifteen townships of Harrison County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 1,471, of whom 779 lived in the unincorporated portion of the township.
Perry Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 996.
Orange Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,339, 923 of whom lived in unincorporated portions of the township.
Augusta Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 1,619.
Brown Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census the township had a population of 7,935.
East Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 843.
Fox Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,041.
Harrison Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 2,478.
Lee Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,087.
Loudon Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,009.
Monroe Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 2,072, 1,670 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
Rose Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,537, 1,271 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
Washington Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,239.