Salem Township, Ottawa County, Ohio

Salem Township, Ottawa County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Salem Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Salem Township in Ottawa County.


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

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area_magnitude =
area_total_km2 = 78.6
area_land_km2 = 75.4
area_water_km2 = 3.2
area_total_sq_mi = 30.3
area_land_sq_mi = 29.1
area_water_sq_mi = 1.2

population_as_of = 2000
population_footnotes =
population_total = 5517
population_density_km2 = 73.1
population_density_sq_mi = 189.4

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 174
elevation_ft = 571
latd = 41 |latm = 30 |lats = 23 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 7 |longs = 32 |longEW = W

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Salem Township is one of the twelve townships of Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,517 people in the township, 2,676 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39123 Ottawa County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Carroll Township - north
*Erie Township - northeast
*Bay Township - east
*Rice Township, Sandusky County - south
*Washington Township, Sandusky County - southwest corner
*Harris Township - west
*Benton Township - northwest

The village of Oak Harbor is located in the township's northwest.

The Portage River runs from west to east through Salem Township before emptying into Lake Erie.

Name and history

It is one of fourteen Salem Townships statewide.

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.

References

External links

* [http://www.co.ottawa.oh.us County website]


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