Fox Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 977.Ohio Department of Development
Geography Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships: Franklin Township, Columbiana County - northeast Washington Township, Columbiana County - east Brush Creek Township, Jefferson County - southeast Springfield Township, Jefferson County - south Lee Township - southwest Washington Township - west East Township - northwest
No municipalities are located in Fox Township, although the unincorporated community of Mechanicstown lies in the township's northwest
Name and history It is the only Fox Township statewide. Fox Township, which is all of township 13, range 4 of the Old Seven Ranges, was taken from Columbiana County by the Ohio legislature in 1832–33.
On July 26, 1863 Major General John H. Morgan, C.S.A. of Morgan's Raiders and General James Shackleford U.S.A. fought the northernmost engagement of the American Civil War near Mechanicstown in this township.
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 fiscal officer,§503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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 fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.
Education Students attend the Carrollton Exempted Village School District in most of the township and Edison Local School District in the southeast corner.PUC Ohio map of School Districts
Notable natives and residents Benjamin F. Potts, territorial governor of Montana
References
External links County website