Middleton Township, Columbiana County, Ohio

Middleton Township, Columbiana County, Ohio
—  Township  —
Countryside in Middleton Township
Municipalities and townships of Columbiana County.
Coordinates: 40°47′0″N 80°34′46″W / 40.783333°N 80.57944°W / 40.783333; -80.57944Coordinates: 40°47′0″N 80°34′46″W / 40.783333°N 80.57944°W / 40.783333; -80.57944
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Columbiana
Area
– Total	35.4 sq mi (91.7 km2)
– Land	35.2 sq mi (91.1 km2)
– Water	0.2 sq mi (0.6 km2)
Elevation[1]	1,142 ft (348 m)
Population (2000)
– Total	3,741
– Density	106.4/sq mi (41.1/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
– Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code	39-49784[2]
GNIS feature ID	1085899[1]

Middleton Township is one of the eighteen townships of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,741 people in the township, 3,475 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.^[3]

Geography

Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships and borough:

• Unity Township - north
• Darlington Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania - northeast
• South Beaver Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania - east
• Ohioville, Pennsylvania - southeast
• St. Clair Township - south
• Madison Township - southwest corner
• Elkrun Township - west
• Fairfield Township - northwest corner

The village of Rogers is located in northwestern Middleton Township, and the unincorporated community of Negley lies in the township's northeast.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Middleton Township is located in Wood County. The township was among the first organized in the county in 1803.^[4]

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 fiscal officer,^[5] 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 fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
2. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
3. ^ Columbiana County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
4. ^ Cranmer, Gibson Lamb (1891). History of the upper Ohio Valley. 2. Madison, Wisconsin: Brant & Fuller. p. 22. http://books.google.com/books?id=OGKgCxz8tG0C&pg=PA22&dq=Middleton. 
5. ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

External links

• County website