Salem Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,673 people in the township, 1,121 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[3]

Salem Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
Township
A footbridge on Buckhorn Creek Trail south of Wolf
Location of Salem Township in Tuscarawas County
Coordinates: 40°19′45″N 81°33′9″W
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Tuscarawas
Area
• Total	34.1 sq mi (88.4 km2)
• Land	33.8 sq mi (87.7 km2)
• Water	0.3 sq mi (0.8 km2)
Elevation [1]	1,030 ft (314 m)
Population  (2000)
• Total	1,673
• Density	49.4/sq mi (19.1/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code	39-69974[2]
GNIS feature ID	1087064[1]

History

Salem Township derives its name from the town of the same name mentioned in the Bible. The settlement of Salem, among the first in the Northwest Territory, was founded by a group of Moravian Christians, both European and Native American (Christian Munsee and Christian Mohican), led by the Christian missionary John Heckewelder.[4][5]

It is one of fourteen Salem Townships statewide.[6]

Geography

Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Jefferson Township - north
• Clay Township - east
• Washington Township - southeast
• Oxford Township - south
• Oxford Township, Coshocton County - southwest corner
• Adams Township, Coshocton County - west

The village of Port Washington is located in eastern Salem Township.

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, 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. The current trustees are Donald Meek, Ray Stocker, and Robert Thornton, and the fiscal officer is Patty Arth.[7]

References

External links

• County website