Lexington Township, Stark County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Lexington Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Stark County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 64.0
area_land_km2 = 59.6
area_water_km2 = 4.3
area_total_sq_mi = 24.7
area_land_sq_mi = 23.0
area_water_sq_mi = 1.7

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 5583
population_density_km2 = 93.6
population_density_sq_mi = 242.5

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 323
elevation_ft = 1060
latd = 40 |latm = 56 |lats = 57 |latNS = N
longd = 81 |longm = 7 |longs = 45 |longEW = W

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Lexington Township is one of the seventeen townships of Stark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,583 people in the township, 5,390 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39151 Stark County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships and city:
*Atwater Township, Portage County - north
*Deerfield Township, Portage County - northeast
*Smith Township, Mahoning County - east
*Alliance - southeast
*Washington Township - south
*Marlboro Township - west

It is the only township in the county with a border on Mahoning County.

Two municipalities are located in Lexington Township: most of the city of Alliance, in the southeast, and the village of Limaville, in the north.

Name and history

It is the only Lexington 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

External links

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