Middleton Township is one of the eighteen townships

Civil township

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 of Columbiana County

Columbiana County, Ohio

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, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 3,741 people in the township, 3,475 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships and borough:

• Unity Township
  Unity Township, Columbiana County, Ohio
  Unity Township is one of the eighteen townships of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 10,294 people in the township, 3,969 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Darlington Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania
  Darlington Township, Pennsylvania
  Darlington Township is a township in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,974 at the 2000 census.-History:Darlington and South Beaver townships are connected by the Watts Mill Bridge, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.-Geography:According to the...
  
   - northeast
• South Beaver Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania
  South Beaver Township, Pennsylvania
  South Beaver Township is a township in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,974 at the 2000 census.-History:Darlington and South Beaver townships are connected by the Watts Mill Bridge, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the "Bridge in South...
  
   - east
• Ohioville, Pennsylvania
  Ohioville, Pennsylvania
  Ohioville is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,759 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Ohioville is located at , in part along the Ohio River....
  
   - southeast
• St. Clair Township
  St. Clair Township, Columbiana County, Ohio
  St. Clair Township is one of the eighteen townships of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 7,961 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships and borough:...
  
   - south
• Madison Township
  Madison Township, Columbiana County, Ohio
  Madison Township is one of the eighteen townships of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,406 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Elkrun Township
  Elkrun Township, Columbiana County, Ohio
  Elkrun Township is one of the eighteen townships of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,781 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Fairfield Township
  Fairfield Township, Columbiana County, Ohio
  Fairfield Township is one of the eighteen townships of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 9,583 people in the township, 4,215 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest corner

The village of Rogers

Rogers, Ohio

Rogers is a village in Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The population was 266 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Rogers is located at ....

 is located in northwestern Middleton Township, and the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 of Negley

Negley, Ohio

Negley is a census-designated place in northeastern Middleton Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44441. It lies along State Route 154....

 lies in the township's northeast.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Middleton Township is located in Wood County

Middleton Township, Wood County, Ohio

Middleton Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,598 people in the township, 1,960 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

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The township was among the first organized in the county in 1803.

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.