Rose Township, Carroll County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Rose Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Carroll County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 92.0
area_land_km2 = 92.0
area_water_km2 = 0.1
area_total_sq_mi = 35.5
area_land_sq_mi = 35.5
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1603
population_density_km2 = 17.4
population_density_sq_mi = 45.1

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 303
elevation_ft = 994
latd = 40 |latm = 36 |lats = 56 |latNS = N
longd = 81 |longm = 15 |longs = 57 |longEW = W

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Rose Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,603 people in the township, 1,289 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39019 Carroll 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:
*Sandy Township, Stark County - north
*Brown Township - northeast
*Harrison Township - east
*Monroe Township - southeast
*Warren Township, Tuscarawas County - southwest
*Sandy Township, Tuscarawas County - west
*Pike Township, Stark County - northwest corner

Part of the village of Magnolia is located in northwestern Rose Township.

Name and history

It is the only Rose 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.co.carroll.oh.us County website]