Knox Township is one of the eighteen townships of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 4,068.
Geography Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships and city: Smith Township, Mahoning County - north Goshen Township, Mahoning County - northeast corner Butler Township - east Hanover Township - southeast corner West Township - south Paris Township, Stark County - southwest corner Washington Township, Stark County - west Alliance - northwest
Two unincorporated communities are located in Knox Township: The census-designated place of Homeworth, in the southwest The unincorporated community of North Georgetown, in the west
Name and history
It is one of five Knox Townships statewide. The township was organized in 1808.
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 April 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.
Township Trustees Matthew Johnson, Chairman Gregory R. Carver, Vice Chairman John Eddie Barnhart
Fiscal Officer Debra S. Hartzell
References
External links Township website County website