Poland Township, Mahoning County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Poland Township, 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 = 55.0
area_land_km2 = 54.7
area_water_km2 = 0.4
area_total_sq_mi = 21.3
area_land_sq_mi = 21.1
area_water_sq_mi = 0.1

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 14711
population_density_km2 = 269.2
population_density_sq_mi = 697.1

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 344
elevation_ft = 1129
latd = 41 |latm = 1 |lats = 21 |latNS = N
longd = 80 |longm = 35 |longs = 36 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 44514
area_code = 330
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blank_info = 39-63968GR|2
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Poland Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 14,711 people in the township, 11,845 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 eastern part of the county along the Pennsylvania border, it borders the following townships:
*Coitsville Township - north
*Pulaski Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania - northeast
*Mahoning Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania - east
*North Beaver Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania - southeast corner
*Springfield Township - south
*Boardman Township - west
*Struthers - northwest

Three municipalities are located in Poland Township:
*The village of Lowellville, in the east
*Part of the village of Poland, in the west
*Part of the city of Struthers, in the northwest

Name and history

It is the only Poland Township 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 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.polandtownship.org Township website]
* [http://www.mahoningcountyoh.gov County website]