West Township is one of the eighteen townships of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census reported 3,173 people living in the township.
Geography Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships: Knox Township - north Butler Township - northeast corner Hanover Township - east East Township, Carroll County - southeast Augusta Township, Carroll County - south Brown Township, Carroll County - southwest corner Paris Township, Stark County - west Washington Township, Stark County - northwest corner
One village and one unincorporated community are located in West Township: The village of Minerva, in the southwest The census-designated place of East Rochester, in the south
Name and history
It is the only West Township statewide.
The township was organized in 1814.
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 Elton Lowmiller, Chairman Ray Davis, Vice Chairman Glenn Whiteleather
Fiscal Officer Mandy Lowmiller
References
External links County website