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Lee Township, Carroll County, Ohio

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Carroll

FIPS code
  
39-42434

Elevation
  
374 m

Local time
  
Tuesday 4:38 PM

State
  
Ohio

Time zone
  
Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)

GNIS feature ID
  
1085830

Area
  
81.9 km²

Population
  
1,087 (2010)

Lee Township, Carroll County, Ohio

Weather
  
-6°C, Wind NW at 27 km/h, 66% Humidity

Lee Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,087.

Contents

Map of Lee Township, OH, USA

Geography

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

  • Washington Township - north
  • Fox Township - northeast
  • Springfield Township, Jefferson County - east
  • Loudon Township - south
  • Perry Township - southwest
  • Union Township - west
  • Center Township - northwest
  • No municipalities are located in Lee Township, although the unincorporated community of Harlem Springs lies in the township's center

    Name and history

    Statewide, other Lee Townships are located in Athens and Monroe counties.

    At the March, 1836, meeting of the county commissioners the entry made was: "After reading and considering the petition for the erection and alteration of several townships in different parts of the county the following is moved", "A township named Lee was ordered to be erected from parts of the townships of Rock and Jefferson."

    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.

    Education

    Students attend the Carrollton Exempted Village School District.

    References

    Lee Township, Carroll County, Ohio Wikipedia