Lexington Township, Stark County, Ohio

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Lexington Township, Stark County, Ohio
Township
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Location of Lexington Township in Stark County
Location of Lexington Township in Stark County
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Country United States
State Ohio
County Stark
Area
 • Total 24.7 sq mi (64.0 km2)
 • Land 23.0 sq mi (59.6 km2)
 • Water 1.7 sq mi (4.3 km2)
Elevation[1] 1,060 ft (323 m)
Population (2000)
 • Total 5,583
 • Density 242.5/sq mi (93.6/km2)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code 39-43022[2]
GNIS feature ID 1086979[1]

Lexington Township is one of the seventeen townships of Stark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,583 people in the township, 5,390 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[3]

Geography

Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships and city:

It is the only township in the county with a border on Mahoning County.

Two municipalities are located in Lexington Township: most of the city of Alliance, in the southeast, and the village of Limaville, in the north.

Name and history

It is the only Lexington Township statewide.[4]

In 1833, Lexington Township contained three gristmills, seven saw mills, one tannery, and four stores.[5]

Government

Historical population
Census Pop. %±
1820 539 —
1830 869 61.2%
1840 1,640 88.7%
1850 1,996 21.7%
1860 3,102 55.4%
1870 5,700 83.8%
1880 6,287 10.3%
1890 8,994 43.1%
1900 10,325 14.8%
1910 16,700 61.7%
1920 22,241 33.2%
1930 23,712 6.6%
1940 23,292 −1.8%
1950 27,578 18.4%
1960 29,074 5.4%
1970 5,975 −79.4%
1990 5,291 —
2000 5,583 5.5%
[6]

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,[7] 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.

References

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  3. ↑ Stark County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
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  6. ↑ census data: 1820 : 1820 page 137 , 1830 : Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. , 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 (includes Alliance before 1970)
  7. ↑ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

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