Augusta Township, Ohio
Township in Ohio, United States
Augusta Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County , Ohio , United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 1,531.[ 3]
Geography
Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
No municipalities are located in Augusta Township, although the unincorporated community of Augusta lies in the township's east.
Ohio State Route 9 passes through the township, leading southwest 9 miles (14 km) from Augusta village to Carrollton , the county seat , and northeast 7 miles (11 km) to Hanoverton .
Name and history
It is the only Augusta Township statewide. Augusta Township was formally part of Columbiana County until the creation of Carroll county in 1833.
Government
Historical population
Census Pop. Note %± 1820 533 — 1830 1,081 102.8% 1840 1,234 14.2% 1850 1,297 5.1% 1860 1,071 −17.4% 1870 1,015 −5.2% 1880 1,126 10.9% 1890 1,021 −9.3% 1900 985 −3.5% 1910 866 −12.1% 1920 799 −7.7% 1930 933 16.8% 1940 985 5.6% 1950 1,169 18.7% 1960 1,246 6.6% 1970 1,281 2.8% 1980 1,394 8.8% 1990 1,369 −1.8% 2000 1,599 16.8% 2010 1,619 1.3% 2020 1,531 −5.4%
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,[ 5]
Education
Students attend the Minerva Local School District in the Northwestern part and Carrollton Exempted Village School District in most of the township.[ 6]
References
^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names" . United States Geological Survey . October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008 .^ "U.S. Census website" . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008 .^ Ohio Department of Development ^ census data: 1820 : 1820 page 123, 1830 : Kilbourn, John (1831). The Ohio gazetteer: or, Topographical dictionary: describing the several ... in the State of Ohio Howe, Henry (1907). Historical Collections of Ohio, The Ohio Centennial Edition 359 . 1850 page 14, 1860 : 1860 page 12, 1870 : 1870 page 24, 1890,1900 : Hunt, William C. (1901). Population of the United States by states and territories, counties, and inor Civil Divisions, as returned at the Twelfth Census: 1900 Austin, William Lane; Teele, Ray Palmer (1921). Fourteenth census of the United States, Volume 1 Government Printing Office . p. 561 . 1930 page 40, 1940 : 1940 page 83, 1950 : 1950 page 14, 1960 : 1960 page 16, 1970 : 1970 [permanent dead link ] 1980 & 1990 Census Information , at reference desk, Carroll County District Library, 1990 : 1990 , 2000 : 2000 , 2010 : 2010 , 2020 : 2020
^ §503.24 , §505.01 , and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code . Accessed 4/30/2009.^ PUC Ohio map of School Districts Archived February 20, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
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