Butler Township, Columbiana County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Butler Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Columbiana County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 85.5
area_land_km2 = 85.4
area_water_km2 = 0.2
area_total_sq_mi = 33.0
area_land_sq_mi = 33.0
area_water_sq_mi = 0.1

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 3444
population_density_km2 = 40.3
population_density_sq_mi = 104.5

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 395
elevation_ft = 1296
latd = 40 |latm = 51 |lats = 25 |latNS = N
longd = 80 |longm = 55 |longs = 27 |longEW = W

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Butler Township is one of the eighteen townships of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,444 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39029 Columbiana County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Goshen Township, Mahoning County - north
*Perry Township - northeast
*Salem Township - east
*Center Township - southeast corner
*Hanover Township - south
*West Township - southwest corner
*Knox Township - west
*Smith Township, Mahoning County - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Butler Township, although the unincorporated communities of Damascus and Winona lie in the township's northwest and southeast respectively.

Name and history

It is one of six Butler Townships 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.columbianacounty.org County website]