Salem Township is one of the twelve townships

Civil township

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 of Champaign County

Champaign County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 38,890 people, 14,952 households, and 10,870 families residing in the county. The population density was 91 people per square mile . There were 15,890 housing units at an average density of 37 per square mile...

, 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 2,307 people in the township, 2,296 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Liberty Township, Logan County
  Liberty Township, Logan County, Ohio
  Liberty Township is one of the seventeen townships of Logan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,126 people living in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Monroe Township, Logan County
  Monroe Township, Logan County, Ohio
  Monroe Township is one of the seventeen townships of Logan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,503 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast
• Wayne Township
  Wayne Township, Champaign County, Ohio
  Wayne Township is one of the twelve townships of Champaign County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,660 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Union Township
  Union Township, Champaign County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the twelve townships of Champaign County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,920 people in the township, 1,788 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Urbana Township
  Urbana Township, Champaign County, Ohio
  Urbana Township is one of the twelve townships of Champaign County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 14,968 people in the township, 3,366 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Mad River Township
  Mad River Township, Champaign County, Ohio
  Mad River Township is one of the twelve townships of Champaign County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,650 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Concord Township
  Concord Township, Champaign County, Ohio
  Concord Township is one of the twelve townships of Champaign County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,408 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Harrison Township - north...
  
   - west
• Harrison Township
  Harrison Township, Champaign County, Ohio
  Harrison Township is one of the twelve townships of Champaign County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 823 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest

A small part of the city of Urbana

Urbana, Ohio

Urbana is a city in and the county seat of Champaign County, Ohio, United States, west of Columbus. Urbana was laid out in 1805, and for a time in 1812 was the headquarters of the Northwestern army. Urbana was named after the town of Urbanna, Virginia. It is the burial-place of the Indian fighter...

, the county seat

County seat

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 of Champaign County, is located in the southern part of the township, and the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 of Kennard

Kennard, Ohio

Kennard is an unincorporated community in eastern Salem Township, Champaign County, Ohio, United States. It lies at the intersection of Gray and Kennard Roads, less than 2 miles southwest of State Route 245. The headwaters of Kings Creek, a tributary of the Mad River, flow past Kennard...

 lies in the township's east. The Ohio Caverns

Ohio Caverns

Ohio Caverns is a show cave located from Dayton, Ohio near West Liberty, in Salem Township, Champaign County, Ohio in the United States. A popular tourist destination and member of the National Caving Association, it is the largest of all the cave systems in Ohio and contains many crystal...

 are located in the northeastern part of the township, near the Logan County

Logan County, Ohio

Logan County is a county in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 45,858. The county seat is Bellefontaine. The county is named for Benjamin Logan, who fought Native Americans in the area....

 line.

Name and history

It is one of fourteen Salem Townships statewide

Salem Township, Ohio

Salem Township, Ohio may refer to:*Salem Township, Auglaize County, Ohio*Salem Township, Champaign County, Ohio*Salem Township, Columbiana County, Ohio*Salem Township, Highland County, Ohio*Salem Township, Jefferson County, Ohio...

.

A historic site

Historic site

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 in the township is Mount Tabor Methodist Episcopal Church

Mount Tabor Methodist Episcopal Church (West Liberty, Ohio)

The Mount Tabor Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic church building located along State Route 245 near West Liberty in Salem Township, Champaign County, Ohio, United States. Built in 1881 in the Gothic Revival style of architecture, it served a congregation formed in the 1810s...

. Built in 1881, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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.

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.

External links

• County website
• County & Township Map of Ohio (PDF object)