OSNABURG TOWNSHIP, STARK COUNTY, OHIO

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Municipalities and townships of Stark County.

'Osnaburg Township' is one of the seventeen townships of Stark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,886 people in the township, 4,257 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[1]

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Geography
Name and history
Government
References
External links

Geography


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

Nimishillen Township - north

Paris Township - east

Brown Township, Carroll County - southeast

Sandy Township - south

Pike Township - southwest corner

Canton Township - west

Plain Township - northwest corner
The village of East Canton is located in northeastern Osnaburg Township.

Name and history


It is the only Osnaburg Township 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


1. Stark County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.

External links



County website

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