Smithfield Township, Jefferson County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Smithfield Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Jefferson County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 97.6
area_land_km2 = 97.2
area_water_km2 = 0.4
area_total_sq_mi = 37.7
area_land_sq_mi = 37.5
area_water_sq_mi = 0.2

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 3578
population_density_km2 = 36.8
population_density_sq_mi = 95.3

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 296
elevation_ft = 971
latd = 40 |latm = 14 |lats = 45 |latNS = N
longd = 80 |longm = 49 |longs = 8 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 43948
area_code = 740
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blank_info = 39-72767GR|2
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Smithfield Township is one of the fourteen townships of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,578 people in the township, 1,804 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39081 Jefferson 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:
*Wayne Township - north
*Wells Township - northeast
*Warren Township - southeast
*Mount Pleasant Township - south
*Short Creek Township, Harrison County - southwest
*Green Township, Harrison County - northwest

Several populated places are located in Smithfield Township:
*Part of the village of Adena, in the southwest
*Part of the village of Dillonvale, in the southeast
*The village of Smithfield, in the northeast
*The unincorporated community of Greentown, in the east
*The unincorporated community of Piney Fork, in the center

Name and history

It is the only Smithfield 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.jeffersoncountyoh.com County website]