Bethlehem Township, Stark County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Bethlehem 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 = 86.6
area_land_km2 = 86.4
area_water_km2 = 0.2
area_total_sq_mi = 33.4
area_land_sq_mi = 33.3
area_water_sq_mi = 0.1

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 5650
population_density_km2 = 65.4
population_density_sq_mi = 169.4

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 311
elevation_ft = 1020
latd = 40 |latm = 42 |lats = 44 |latNS = N
longd = 81 |longm = 30 |longs = 14 |longEW = W

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Bethlehem Township is one of the seventeen townships of Stark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,650 people in the township, 4,210 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of 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 southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Perry Township - north
*Canton Township - northeast corner
*Pike Township - east
*Lawrence Township, Tuscarawas County - southeast
*Franklin Township, Tuscarawas County - southwest
*Sugar Creek Township - west
*Tuscarawas Township - northwest corner

Most of the village of Navarre is located in northwestern Bethlehem Township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Bethlehem 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]