Milton Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Mahoning County, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 4,107 people in the township, 2,853 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Newton Township, Trumbull County
  Newton Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
  Newton Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 9,524 people in the township, 4,522 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Lordstown
  Lordstown, Ohio
  Lordstown is a village in Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
   - northeast corner
• Jackson Township
  Jackson Township, Mahoning County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,167 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Lordstown - north...
  
   - east
• Ellsworth Township
  Ellsworth Township, Mahoning County, Ohio
  Ellsworth Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,234 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Berlin Township - south
• Deerfield Township, Portage County
  Deerfield Township, Portage County, Ohio
  Deerfield Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,211 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Palmyra Township, Portage County
  Palmyra Township, Portage County, Ohio
  Palmyra Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,785 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Paris Township, Portage County
  Paris Township, Portage County, Ohio
  Paris Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,827 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Windham Township - north...
  
   - northwest corner

The village of Craig Beach

Craig Beach, Ohio

Craig Beach is a village in Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,254 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Craig Beach is located at ....

 is located in northwestern Milton Township, and the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 of Lake Milton

Lake Milton, Ohio

Lake Milton is a census-designated place in central Milton Township, Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44429. It sits on the edge of Lake Milton in northwestern Mahoning County....

 lies at the center of the township. Both are resort communities

Resort town

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 which developed around a reservoir which is now the primary feature of Lake Milton State Park.

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.