Country United States County Tuscarawas FIPS code 39-69974 Elevation 314 m Population 1,673 (2000) | State Ohio Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) GNIS feature ID 1087064 Local time Wednesday 7:34 AM | |
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Weather 6°C, Wind N at 6 km/h, 87% Humidity Area 88.32 km² (87.54 km² Land / 78 ha Water) | ||
Salem Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,673 people in the township, 1,121 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
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Map of Salem Township, OH, USA
Geography
Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
The village of Port Washington is located in eastern Salem Township.
Name and history
It is one of fourteen Salem Townships statewide.
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. The current trustees are Donald Meek, Ray Stocker, and Robert Thornton, and the fiscal officer is Patty Arth.