Lake Township, Stark County, Ohio

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Lake Township, Stark County, Ohio
Township
Congress Lake clubhouse
Congress Lake clubhouse
Location of Lake Township in Stark County
Location of Lake Township in Stark County
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Country United States
State Ohio
County Stark
Area
 • Total 35.1 sq mi (91.0 km2)
 • Land 34.8 sq mi (90.0 km2)
 • Water 0.4 sq mi (1.0 km2)
Elevation[1] 1,155 ft (352 m)
Population (2000)
 • Total 25,892
 • Density 744.9/sq mi (287.6/km2)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code 39-41314[2]
GNIS feature ID 1086977[1]

Lake Township is one of the seventeen townships of Stark County, Ohio, United States. It is an urban township; the 2000 census found 25,892 people in the township, 23,718 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[3]

Geography

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

Several populated places are located in Lake Township:

  • The village of Hartville, in the northeast
  • The census-designated place of Greentown, in the southwest
  • The census-designated place of Uniontown, in the northwest
  • The unincorporated community of Mount Pleasant, in the southwest
  • Two other unincorporated communities straddle Lake Township's borders: Aultman, which overlaps into Green within the southwest portion of the township, and Cairo, which lies upon the township's southern border with Plain Township.

Name and history

Historical population
Census Pop. %±
1820 588 —
1840 2,162 —
1850 2,228 3.1%
1860 2,321 4.2%
1870 2,113 −9.0%
1880 2,177 3.0%
1890 2,164 −0.6%
1900 2,312 6.8%
1910 2,539 9.8%
1920 3,073 21.0%
1930 4,337 41.1%
1940 5,246 21.0%
1950 6,716 28.0%
1960 9,358 39.3%
1970 13,053 39.5%
1990 22,343 —
2000 25,892 15.9%
[4]

Statewide, other Lake Townships are located in Ashland, Logan, and Wood counties.

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,[5] 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

Most students attend the Lake Local School District; their high school is Lake High School. Some students attend the North Canton City School District, and their high school is Hoover High School. A small number of students attend the Plain Local School District of Plain Township; their high school is GlenOak High School.

References

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  3. ↑ Stark County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
  4. ↑ census data: 1820 : 1820 page 137 , 1840, 1880 : Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. , 1850, 1860, 1870 : 1870 page 35 , 1890, 1900 : Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. , 1910, 1920, 1930 : 1930 page 56 , 1940, 1950 : 1950 page 21 , 1960, 1970 : 1970 page 135 , 1990 : 1990 , 2000 : 2000
  5. ↑ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

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