Salem Township is one of the thirteen townships

Civil township

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 of Wyandot County

Wyandot County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 22,908 people, 8,882 households, and 6,270 families residing in the county. The population density was 56 people per square mile . There were 9,324 housing units at an average density of 23 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,055 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Crawford Township
  Crawford Township, Wyandot County, Ohio
  Crawford Township is one of the thirteen townships of Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,080 people in the township, 1,179 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Tymochtee Township
  Tymochtee Township, Wyandot County, Ohio
  Tymochtee Township is one of the thirteen townships of Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,186 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Crane Township
  Crane Township, Wyandot County, Ohio
  Crane Township is one of the thirteen townships of Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 7,394 people in the township, 861 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Mifflin Township
  Mifflin Township, Wyandot County, Ohio
  Mifflin Township is one of the thirteen townships of Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 705 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Salem Township - north...
  
   - south
• Jackson Township
  Jackson Township, Wyandot County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the thirteen townships of Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 643 people in the township, 511 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Richland Township
  Richland Township, Wyandot County, Ohio
  Richland Township is one of the thirteen townships of Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 952 people in the township, 543 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Ridge Township
  Ridge Township, Wyandot County, Ohio
  Ridge Township is one of the thirteen townships of Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 512 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Salem Township.

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...

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A 12 megawatt (MW) Wyandot Solar Facility

Wyandot Solar Facility

The 12 megawatt Wyandot Solar Facility is a solar photovoltaic power plant completed in 2010, located in Salem Township, Wyandot County, Ohio. This system uses 159,000 panels spread over 80 acres....

solar photovoltaic power plant was completed in Salem Township in April 2010.

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.