Lawrence Township, Stark County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Lawrence 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 = 90.4
area_land_km2 = 89.6
area_water_km2 = 0.9
area_total_sq_mi = 34.9
area_land_sq_mi = 34.6
area_water_sq_mi = 0.3

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 13382
population_density_km2 = 149.4
population_density_sq_mi = 386.9

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 307
elevation_ft = 1007
latd = 40 |latm = 52 |lats = 54 |latNS = N
longd = 81 |longm = 35 |longs = 24 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 44614
area_code = 330
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blank_info = 39-42168GR|2
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blank1_info = 1086978GR|3
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Lawrence Township is one of the seventeen townships of Stark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 13,382 people in the township, 8,321 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 northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships and municipalities:
*New Franklin - north
*Green - northeast corner
*Jackson Township - east
*Perry Township - southeast corner
*Tuscarawas Township - south
*Baughman Township, Wayne County - west
*Chippewa Township, Wayne County - northwest, west of Clinton
*Clinton - northwest, east of Chippewa Township

The city of Canal Fulton is located in northern Lawrence Township, and the unincorporated community of North Lawrence, Ohio lies in the southwestern part of the township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Lawrence Townships are located in Lawrence, Tuscarawas, and Washington Counties.

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]