Salem Township, Warren County, Ohio
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| Salem Township, Ohio | |
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| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Warren |
| Area | |
| - Total | 21.9 sq mi (56.8 km²) |
| - Land | 21.8 sq mi (56.6 km²) |
| - Water | 0.1 sq mi (0.3 km²) |
| Elevation [1] | 646 ft (197 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| - Total | 4,133 |
| - Density | 189.3/sq mi (73.1/km²) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| - Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| FIPS code | 39-69988[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1087119[1] |
Salem Township is one of the eleven townships of Warren County, Ohio, United States, located in the central part of the county. The 2000 census found 4,133 people in the township, up slightly from the 4,038 in 1990; of this total, 2,847 lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[3] It is the second smallest township in the county with 13,459 acres (54 km²). It is one of fourteen Salem Townships statewide.
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[edit] Geography
Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
- Washington Township - northeast
- Harlan Township - southeast, across
- Hamilton Township - southwest
- Union Township - west
- Turtlecreek Township - northwest
It is bisected by the Little Miami River
The village of Morrow lies entirely within the township.
[edit] History
Salem Township was established June 8, 1818 from Hamilton Township and originally consisted of the part of Salem south of the Little Miami and what is now Harlan Township. By a special act of the Ohio General Assembly of March 16, 1860, Harlan Township was separated from it and Salem was renamed Corwin Township. Later that year the Warren County Commissioners renamed the township Salem and took a portion of Union across the Little Miami and attached it to Salem, giving it 13,459 acres (54 km²). Salem Township is in both the Symmes Purchase and the Virginia Military District.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Public services
Most of the township is the Little Miami Local School District, but a part north of the Little Miami River is in the Lebanon City School District. Salem Township is within the Morrow, Lebanon, and Clarksville telephone exchanges and the Morrow post office's territory.
[edit] References
- Elva R. Adams. Warren County Revisited. [Lebanon, Ohio]: Warren County Historical Society, 1989.
- Robert L. Black. The Little Miami Railroad. Cincinnati: n.p., 1940.
- The Centennial Atlas of Warren County, Ohio. Lebanon, Ohio: The Centennial Atlas Association, 1903.
- Josiah Morrow. The History of Warren County, Ohio. Chicago: W.H. Beers, 1883. (Reprinted several times)
- Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. 6th ed. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme, 2001. ISBN 0-89933-281-1
- William E. Smith. History of Southwestern Ohio: The Miami Valleys. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing, 1964. 3 vols.
- Warren County Engineer's Office. Official Highway Map 2003. Lebanon, Ohio: The Office, 2003.
- ^ a b US Board on Geographic Names. United States Geological Survey (2007-10-25). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ Warren County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
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