Lake Township, Stark County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Lake 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 = 91.0
area_land_km2 = 90.0
area_water_km2 = 1.0
area_total_sq_mi = 35.1
area_land_sq_mi = 34.8
area_water_sq_mi = 0.4

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 25892
population_density_km2 = 287.6
population_density_sq_mi = 744.9

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 352
elevation_ft = 1155
latd = 40 |latm = 57 |lats = 14 |latNS = N
longd = 81 |longm = 22 |longs = 8 |longEW = W

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Lake Township is one of the seventeen townships of Stark County, Ohio, United States. It is an urban township; the 2000 census found 25,892 people in the township, 23,718 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.]

Geography

Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships and city:
*Suffield Township, Portage County - north
*Randolph Township, Portage County - northwest
*Marlboro Township - east
*Nimishillen Township - southwest corner
*Plain Township - south
*Lawrence Township - southwest corner
*Green - west
*Springfield Township, Summit County - northwest

Several populated places are located in Lake Township:
*The village of Hartville, in the northeast
*The census-designated place of Greentown, in the southwest
*The census-designated place of Uniontown, in the northwest

Name and history

Statewide, other Lake Townships are located in Ashland, Logan, 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

Most students attend the Lake Local School District; their high school is Lake High School. Some students attend the North Canton City School District, and their high school is Hoover High School. A small number of students attend the Plain Local School District of Plain Township; their high school is GlenOak High School.

References

External links

* [http://www.laketwpstarkco.com Township website]
* [http://www.co.stark.oh.us County website]
* [http://lake.stark.k12.oh.us Lake Local Schools]