| Brown Township, Ohio | |
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| — Township — | |
| Veteran's memorial in Bethlehem Cemetery | |
| Municipalities and townships of Carroll County. | |
| Coordinates: | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Carroll |
| Area | |
| • Total | 42.9 sq mi (111.1 km2) |
| • Land | 42.1 sq mi (109.0 km2) |
| • Water | 0.8 sq mi (2.1 km2) |
| Elevation[1] | 1,004 ft (306 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 8,300 |
| • Density | 197.3/sq mi (76.2/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| FIPS code | 39-09400[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1085825[1] |
Brown Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 8,300 people in the township, 5,184 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[3]
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Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
Two incorporated villages are located in Brown Township: Malvern in the center, and part of Minerva in the northeast.
It is one of eight Brown Townships statewide.[4]
This township was named for John Brown, who then resided at Pekin, and who built the first mill in that part of Carroll County. Brown Township was made an independent township in 1815 while a part of Stark County. [5] With the formation of Carroll County in 1833, two miles off the east side of Sandy Township were annexed to the west side of Brown Township, creating an eight mile wide township.[6]
| Historical populations | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1820 | 365 |
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| 1830 | 906 | 148.2% | |
| 1840 | 2,165 | 139.0% | |
| 1850 | 2,099 | −3.0% | |
| 1860 | 2,022 | −3.7% | |
| 1870 | 2,022 | 0% | |
| 1880 | 2,305 | 14.0% | |
| 1890 | 2,665 | 15.6% | |
| 1900 | 2,599 | −2.5% | |
| 1910 | 2,655 | 2.2% | |
| 1920 | 3,629 | 36.7% | |
| 1930 | 4,141 | 14.1% | |
| 1940 | 4,301 | 3.9% | |
| 1950 | 4,974 | 15.6% | |
| 1960 | 5,267 | 5.9% | |
| 1970 | 5,662 | 7.5% | |
| 1980 | 7,568 | 33.7% | |
| 1990 | 7,958 | 5.2% | |
| 2000 | 8,300 | 4.3% | |
| 2010 | 7,935 | −4.4% | |
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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,[8] 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 office holders and end of their terms are [9][10]
Trustees:
Fiscal Officer (Clerk):
Students attend the Minerva Local School District in the eastern part and Brown Local School District in the center and west part.[11]
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