- Milton Township, Mahoning County, Ohio
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Milton Township, Ohio — Township — Municipalities and townships of Mahoning County.
Coordinates: 41°5′59″N 80°58′19″W / 41.09972°N 80.97194°WCoordinates: 41°5′59″N 80°58′19″W / 41.09972°N 80.97194°W Country United States State Ohio County Mahoning Area – Total 24.8 sq mi (64.2 km2) – Land 22.1 sq mi (57.3 km2) – Water 2.7 sq mi (6.9 km2) Elevation[1] 965 ft (294 m) Population (2000) – Total 4,107 – Density 185.7/sq mi (71.7/km2) Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) – Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4) FIPS code 39-50638[2] GNIS feature ID 1086566[1] Milton Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,107 people in the township, 2,853 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[3]
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Geography
Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
- Newton Township, Trumbull County - north
- Lordstown - northeast corner
- Jackson Township - east
- Ellsworth Township - southeast corner
- Berlin Township - south
- Deerfield Township, Portage County - southwest corner
- Palmyra Township, Portage County - west
- Paris Township, Portage County - northwest corner
The village of Craig Beach is located in northwestern Milton Township, and the unincorporated community of Lake Milton lies at the center of the township. Both are resort communities which developed around a reservoir which is now the primary feature of Lake Milton State Park.
Name and history
It is one of five Milton Townships statewide.[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
- ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ Mahoning County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
- ^ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/cousub_outline/cen2k_pgsz/oh_cosub.pdf. Retrieved 2007-02-16.
- ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.
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Municipalities and communities of Mahoning County, Ohio Cities Alliance‡ | Campbell | Canfield | Columbiana‡ | Salem‡ | Struthers | Youngstown‡
Villages Beloit | Craig Beach | Lowellville | New Middletown | Poland | Sebring | Washingtonville‡
Townships Austintown | Beaver | Berlin | Boardman | Canfield | Coitsville | Ellsworth | Goshen | Green | Jackson | Milton | Poland | Smith | Springfield
CDPs Unincorporated
communitiesDamascus‡ | Ellsworth | Greenford | Lake Milton | New Springfield | North Benton | North Jackson | North Lima | Petersburg
Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
Categories:- Townships in Mahoning County, Ohio
- Youngstown metropolitan area
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