Plain Township, Stark County, Ohio

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official_name = Plain Township, Stark County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Stark County.


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Stark

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area_total_km2 = 73.8
area_land_km2 = 73.4
area_water_km2 = 0.4
area_total_sq_mi = 28.5
area_land_sq_mi = 28.3
area_water_sq_mi = 0.2

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 51997
population_density_km2 = 708.6
population_density_sq_mi = 1835.2

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 350
elevation_ft = 1148
latd = 40 |latm = 51 |lats = 42 |latNS = N
longd = 81 |longm = 22 |longs = 24 |longEW = W

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Plain Township is one of the seventeen townships of Stark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 51,997 people in the township, 35,543 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39151 Stark County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.] Located near the city of Canton, it is one of the more populous urban townships in Ohio.

Geography

Located in the north central part of the county, it borders the following townships and city:
*Lake Township - north
*Marlboro Township - northeast corner
*Nimishillen Township - east
*Osnaburg Township - southeast corner
*Canton Township - south
*Perry Township - southwest corner
*Jackson Township - west
*Green - northwest corner

Several populated places are located in Plain Township:
*Part of the city of Canton, the county seat of Stark County, in the south
*The city of North Canton, in the northwest
*Part of the village of Meyers Lake, in the southwest
*The unincorporated community of Avondale, in the southwest
*The unincorporated community of Cairo, in the north
*The unincorporated community of Middlebranch, in the northeast

According to the United States Census Bureau, Plain Township has a total area of 28.5 square miles (73.81 km²), of which, 28.3 square miles (73.29 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.5 km²) of it is water.

Name and history

Statewide, other Plain Townships are located in Franklin, Wayne, and Wood Counties.

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 local school district is Plain Local School District, and the high school is GlenOak High School.

References

External links

* [http://www.plaintownship.com Township website]
* [http://www.co.stark.oh.us County website]