| Center Township, Ohio | |
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| — Township — | |
| Along State Route 9 in Center Township, north of Carrollton | |
| Municipalities and townships of Carroll County. | |
| Coordinates: | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Carroll |
| Area | |
| • Total | 14.8 sq mi (38.4 km2) |
| • Land | 14.8 sq mi (38.4 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation[1] | 1,145 ft (349 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 4,412 |
| • Density | 297.4/sq mi (114.8/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| FIPS code | 39-12896[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1085826[1] |
Center Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,412 people in the township, 1,222 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[3]
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Located at the center of the county, it borders the following townships:
The village of Carrollton, the county seat of Carroll County, is located in central Center Township.
It is one of nine Center Townships statewide.[4]
Center Township was not organized as a separate civil township until several years after the organization of Carroll County in March 1836, when the county commissioners had presented them a petition asking for the erection of a separate township to be called "Centre", being composed of parts of Harrison and Washington townships. [5]
| Historical populations | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1840 | 1,139 |
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| 1850 | 1,199 | 5.3% | |
| 1860 | 1,204 | 0.4% | |
| 1870 | 1,227 | 1.9% | |
| 1880 | 1,590 | 29.6% | |
| 1890 | 1,605 | 0.9% | |
| 1900 | 1,704 | 6.2% | |
| 1910 | 2,149 | 26.1% | |
| 1920 | 2,653 | 23.5% | |
| 1930 | 2,884 | 8.7% | |
| 1940 | 3,245 | 12.5% | |
| 1950 | 3,450 | 6.3% | |
| 1960 | 3,893 | 12.8% | |
| 1970 | 4,311 | 10.7% | |
| 1980 | 4,526 | 5.0% | |
| 1990 | 4,434 | −2.0% | |
| 2000 | 4,412 | −0.5% | |
| 2010 | 4,664 | 5.7% | |
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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,[7] 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 [8][9]
Trustees:
Fiscal Officer (Clerk):
Students attend the Carrollton Exempted Village School District[10]
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