Smith Township, Mahoning County, Ohio

Smith Township, Mahoning County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Smith Township, Mahoning County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Mahoning County.


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Mahoning

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area_total_km2 = 83.6
area_land_km2 = 83.0
area_water_km2 = 0.6
area_total_sq_mi = 32.3
area_land_sq_mi = 32.0
area_water_sq_mi = 0.2

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 4977
population_density_km2 = 60.0
population_density_sq_mi = 155.3

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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elevation_m = 329
elevation_ft = 1079
latd = 40 |latm = 55 |lats = 53 |latNS = N
longd = 81 |longm = 2 |longs = 36 |longEW = W

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Smith Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,977 people in the township, 3,895 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39099 Mahoning County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Deerfield Township, Portage County - north
*Berlin Township - northeast
*Goshen Township - east
*Butler Township, Columbiana County - southeast corner
*Knox Township, Columbiana County - south
*Lexington Township, Stark County - west

The farthest west township in Mahoning County, it is the only township to border Stark County.

Several populated places are located in Smith Township:
*The city of Alliance, in the southwest corner
*The village of Beloit, in the southeast
*The village of Sebring, in the south
*The census-designated place of Maple Ridge, in the southwest
*The unincorporated community of North Benton, in the north

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Smith Township is located in Belmont County.

Smith Township was organized in March, 1821 upon the petition of Judge William Smith, in whose honor it was named. Judge William Smith was a pioneer in Mahoning County.fact|date=March 2008

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 clerk, 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 clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References

External links

* [http://www.mahoningcountyoh.gov County website]


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