Palmyra Township, Portage County, Ohio

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official_name = Palmyra Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location within Portage County.


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
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subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Portage

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area_total_km2 = 66.4
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area_total_sq_mi = 25.6
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population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 2785
population_density_km2 = 41.9
population_density_sq_mi = 108.6

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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elevation_m = 317
elevation_ft = 1040
latd = 41 |latm = 6 |lats = 8 |latNS = N
longd = 81 |longm = 2 |longs = 28 |longEW = W

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Palmyra Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,785 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39133 Portage County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Paris Township - north
*Newton Township, Trumbull County - northeast corner
*Milton Township, Mahoning County - east
*Berlin Township, Mahoning County - southeast corner
*Deerfield Township - south
*Atwater Township - southwest corner
*Edinburg Township - west
*Charlestown Township - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Palmyra Township, although the unincorporated community of Diamond lies in the township's east.

Formed from the Connecticut Western Reserve, Palmyra Township covers an area of 26 square miles.

Name

It is the only Palmyra Township statewide.

History

The Welsh Cemetery located in Palmyra Township contains the remains and headstones of several 19th century settlers from Wales (both North and South), with at least one stone actually inscribed in the Welsh language.

Although the township was first settled by New Englanders, Welsh farmers arrived in substantial numbers after 1831. Welsh coal miners joined them in the 1870s. An annual Mayfair highlighting the township's Welsh heritage, an outgrowth of an earlier Welsh horse show, died out by the 1970s.

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.

Education

The school district in Palmyra Township is [http://se-web.portage.k12.oh.us/ Southeast Local Schools] .

References

External links

* [http://www.co.portage.oh.us County website]