Salem Township, Wyandot County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Salem Township, Wyandot County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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image_caption = Wyandot Airport in northeastern Salem Township


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map_caption = Location of Salem Township in Wyandot County


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

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area_total_km2 = 94.3
area_land_km2 = 94.2
area_water_km2 = 0.1
area_total_sq_mi = 36.4
area_land_sq_mi = 36.4
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1055
population_density_km2 = 11.2
population_density_sq_mi = 29.0

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 256
elevation_ft = 840
latd = 40 |latm = 52 |lats = 8 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 21 |longs = 8 |longEW = W

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blank_info = 39-70016GR|2
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Salem Township is one of the thirteen townships of Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,055 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39175 Wyandot County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Crawford Township - north
*Tymochtee Township - northeast corner
*Crane Township - east
*Mifflin Township - south
*Jackson Township - southwest corner
*Richland Township - west
*Ridge Township - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Salem Township.

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.wyandot.oh.us County website]