Salem Township is one of the twenty-two townships

Civil township

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 of Washington County

Washington County, Ohio

Washington County is a county located in the state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 61,778. Its county seat is Marietta. The county, the oldest in the state, is named for George Washington. Washington County is included in the Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, West Virginia-Ohio...

, 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 1,130 people in the township, 1,021 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Jefferson Township, Noble County
  Jefferson Township, Noble County, Ohio
  Jefferson Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 284 people in the township, 183 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Elk Township, Noble County
  Elk Township, Noble County, Ohio
  Elk Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 305 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Liberty Township
  Liberty Township, Washington County, Ohio
  Liberty Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Washington County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 621 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Lawrence Township
  Lawrence Township, Washington County, Ohio
  Lawrence Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Washington County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 956 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Fearing Township
  Fearing Township, Washington County, Ohio
  Fearing Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Washington County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 910 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Salem Township - north...
  
   - south
• Muskingum Township
  Muskingum Township, Washington County, Ohio
  Muskingum Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Washington County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,627 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest
• Adams Township
  Adams Township, Washington County, Ohio
  Adams Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Washington County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,830 people in the township, 1,202 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Jackson Township, Noble County
  Jackson Township, Noble County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 536 people in the township, 496 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest corner
• Aurelius Township
  Aurelius Township, Washington County, Ohio
  Aurelius Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Washington County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 441 people in the township, 239 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest, east of Jackson Township

The village of Lower Salem

Lower Salem, Ohio

Lower Salem is a village in Washington County, Ohio, United States. The population was 109 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Lower Salem is located at ....

 is located in central Lower Salem Township, and the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 of Whipple

Whipple, Ohio

Whipple is an unincorporated community in southern Salem Township, Washington County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 45788. It lies on State Route 821 south of the village of Lower Salem, at the junction of Whipple Run with Duck...

lies in the township's south.

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.