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Tuscarawas Township, Stark County, Ohio

Township in Ohio, US

Summary

Township in Ohio, US

Field	Value
official_name	Tuscarawas Township, Stark County, Ohio
settlement_type	Township
image_skyline	Country Motel, Lincoln Highway.JPG
image_caption	An old Motor Lodge on the Lincoln Highway
image_map	Map of Stark County Ohio Highlighting Tuscarawas Township.png
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location of Tuscarawas Township in Stark County
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Ohio
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Stark
unit_pref	Imperial
area_total_km2	78.4
area_land_km2	78.3
area_water_km2	0.0
area_total_sq_mi	30.3
area_land_sq_mi	30.2
area_water_sq_mi	0.0
population_as_of	2020
population_footnotes
population_total	5801
population_density_km2	74.1
population_density_sq_mi	192.1
timezone	Eastern (EST)
utc_offset	-5
timezone_DST	EDT
utc_offset_DST	-4
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m	326
elevation_ft	1070
coordinates
postal_code_type	ZIP code
postal_code	44666, 44647, 44618
area_code	330
blank_name	FIPS code
blank_info	39-77910
blank1_name	GNIS feature ID
blank1_info	1086991

Tuscarawas Township is one of the seventeen townships of Stark County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 5,801 people in the township.

Geography

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

Lawrence Township - north
Jackson Township - northeast corner
Perry Township - east
Bethlehem Township - southeast corner
Sugar Creek Township - south
Sugar Creek Township, Wayne County - west
Baughman Township, Wayne County - northwest

Part of the city of Massillon is located in eastern Tuscarawas Township.

Name and history

Pure bred registered Percheron horses - B.C. Shilling - Tuscarawas Township - 1915 advertisement

Statewide, the only other Tuscarawas Township is located in Coshocton County. In 1833, Tuscarawas Township consisted of 1 gristmill, 5 saw mills, 1 fulling mill, 2 tanneries, and 2 stores.

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.

References

"Tuscarawas township, Stark County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau.
(2007-10-25). "US Board on Geographic Names". [[United States Geological Survey]].
"U.S. Census website". [[United States Census Bureau]].
Kilbourn, John. (1833). "The Ohio Gazetteer, or, a Topographical Dictionary". Scott and Wright.
[http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/503.24 §503.24], [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/505.01 §505.01], and [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/507.01 §507.01] of the [[Ohio Revised Code]]. Accessed 4/30/2009.

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