Center Township, Carroll County, Ohio
Encyclopedia
Center Township is one of the fourteen townships
of Carroll County
, Ohio
, United States
. The 2000 census
found 4,412 people in the township, 1,222 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
The village of Carrollton
, the county seat
of Carroll County, is located in central Center Township.
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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.
The current office holders and end of their terms are
Trustees:
Fiscal Officer (Clerk):
Civil township
A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States, subordinate to, and geographic divisions of, a county. Specific responsibilities and the degree of autonomy vary based on each state. Civil townships are distinct from survey townships, but in states that have both,...
of Carroll County
Carroll County, Ohio
Carroll County is a county located in the state of Ohio. As of 2010, the population was 28,836, no change from 2000. Its county seat is Carrollton. It is named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence....
, Ohio
Ohio
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, United States
United States
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. The 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...
found 4,412 people in the township, 1,222 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
Geography
Located at the center of the county, it borders the following townships:- Washington TownshipWashington Township, Carroll County, OhioWashington Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,061 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the east central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
- northeast - Lee TownshipLee Township, Carroll County, OhioLee Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,128 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
- southeast - Union TownshipUnion Township, Carroll County, OhioUnion Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,059 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the south central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
- southwest - Harrison TownshipHarrison Township, Carroll County, OhioHarrison Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,498 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the west central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
- northwest
The village of Carrollton
Carrollton, Ohio
Carrollton is a village in Carroll County, Ohio, United States. The population was 3,190 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Carroll County.Carrollton is part of the Canton–Massillon Metropolitan Statistical Area.- History :...
, the county seat
County seat
A county seat is an administrative center, or seat of government, for a county or civil parish. The term is primarily used in the United States....
of Carroll County, is located in central Center Township.
Name and history
It is one of nine Center Townships statewideCenter Township, Ohio
Center Township, Ohio may refer to:*Center Township, Carroll County, Ohio*Center Township, Columbiana County, Ohio*Center Township, Guernsey County, Ohio*Center Township, Mercer County, Ohio*Center Township, Monroe County, Ohio...
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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.
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.The current office holders and end of their terms are
Trustees:
- Jeff Tipton December 31 2013,
- Rick McNinch December 31 2013,
- Mark W. Walters December 31 2011
Fiscal Officer (Clerk):
- Pamela S. Berardinelli March 31 2012