Dover Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio

Dover Township, Ohio
—  Township  —
Municipalities and townships of Tuscarawas County.
Coordinates: 40°31′35″N 81°30′5″W / 40.52639°N 81.50139°W / 40.52639; -81.50139Coordinates: 40°31′35″N 81°30′5″W / 40.52639°N 81.50139°W / 40.52639; -81.50139
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Tuscarawas
Area
– Total	36.7 sq mi (94.9 km2)
– Land	36.3 sq mi (94.1 km2)
– Water	0.3 sq mi (0.8 km2)
Elevation[1]	902 ft (275 m)
Population (2000)
– Total	4,726
– Density	130.1/sq mi (50.2/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
– Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	44622
Area code(s)	330
FIPS code	39-22470[2]
GNIS feature ID	1087053[1]

Dover Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,726 people in the township, 4,485 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.^[3]

Geography

Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Lawrence Township - north
• Fairfield Township - northeast
• Goshen Township - southeast
• York Township - south
• Auburn Township - southwest
• Sugar Creek Township - west
• Franklin Township - northwest

Two municipalities are located in Dover Township: the city of Dover occupies much of the center of the township, and the village of Parral is located in the township's north.

Name and history

Statewide, other Dover Townships are located in Athens, Fulton, and Union 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 fiscal officer, 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 trustees are John Fondriest, John Miceli, and Terry Steel, and the fiscal officer is Drew Yosick.^[4]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
2. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
3. ^ Tuscarawas County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
4. ^ Tuscarawas County, Ohio — Engineer: Joseph S. Bachman. Tuscarawas County. Accessed 2007-06-01.

External links

• County website