Tuscarawas Township, Stark County, Ohio

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official_name = Tuscarawas Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Stark County.


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

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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 = 2000
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population_total = 6093
population_density_km2 = 77.8
population_density_sq_mi = 201.4

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 326
elevation_ft = 1070
latd = 40 |latm = 47 |lats = 26 |latNS = N
longd = 81 |longm = 35 |longs = 7 |longEW = W

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Tuscarawas Township is one of the seventeen townships of Stark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,093 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39151 Stark County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

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

Statewide, the only other Tuscarawas Township is located in Coshocton County.

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.co.stark.oh.us County website]