SALEM TOWNSHIP, AUGLAIZE COUNTY, OHIO

'Salem Township' is one of the fourteen townships of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 580 people in the township.^[1]

Contents

Geography

Name and history

Government

Public services

References

External links

Geography

Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

★ Jennings Township, Van Wert County - north

★ Spencer Township, Allen County - northeast

★ Logan Township - east

★ Noble Township - south

★ Center Township, Mercer County - southwest

★ Union Township, Mercer County - west
No municipalities are located in Salem Township, although the unincorporated community of Kossuth lies in the township's east.
Salem Township has an area of twenty square miles.^[2]

Name and history

It is one of fourteen Salem Townships statewide.
Before the creation of Auglaize County in 1848, Salem Township and neighboring Noble Township were part of what was then Wayne Township in Mercer County. When the county was formed, Salem Township was separated from then Wayne Township which, in turn, was renamed Noble Township as there was already a Wayne Township, one that had originally been a part of Allen County.^[3]

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.

Public services

The township is split between Spencerville Local Schools and the Saint Marys City School District.
The northern section of the township is served by the Spencerville (45887) post office, with the southern section served by the Saint Marys (45884) and the Mendon (45862) post offices.

References

1. Auglaize County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
2. Auglaize County, Ohio 2006 Highway Map Auglaize County Engineer's Office, 2006. Accessed 05 July 2007.
3. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/FH9&CISOPTR=38590&REC=8 Auglaize County, Ohio Atlas and History, Piqua: Magee Brother Publishing , 1917. Accessed 05 July 2007.

External links

★ County website