Lawrence Township, Stark County, Ohio

Coordinates: 40°52′54″N 81°35′24″W / 40.88167, -81.59
Lawrence Township, Ohio
Municipalities and townships of Stark County.
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Stark
Area
- Township	sq mi (km²)
- Land	sq mi ( km²)
- Water	sq mi ( km²)
Elevation ³	ft ( m)
Population (2000)
- Township
- Density	/sq mi (/km²)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	44614
Area code(s)	330
FIPS code	39-42168²
GNIS feature ID	1086978³

Lawrence Township is one of the seventeen townships of Stark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 13,382 people in the township, 8,321 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.^[1]

Geography

Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships and municipalities:

New Franklin - north
Green - northeast corner
Jackson Township - east
Perry Township - southeast corner
Tuscarawas Township - south
Baughman Township, Wayne County - west
Chippewa Township, Wayne County - northwest, west of Clinton
Clinton - northwest, east of Chippewa Township

The city of Canal Fulton is located in northern Lawrence Township, and the unincorporated community of North Lawrence, Ohio lies in the southwestern part of the township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Lawrence Townships are located in Lawrence, Tuscarawas, and Washington Counties.

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

^ Stark County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.

External links

County website

Municipalities and communities of Stark County, Ohio
County seat: Canton
Cities	Alliance \| Canal Fulton \| Canton \| Louisville \| Massillon \| North Canton
Villages	Beach City \| Brewster \| East Canton \| East Sparta \| Hartville \| Hills and Dales \| Limaville \| Magnolia \| Meyers Lake \| Minerva \| Navarre \| Waynesburg \| Wilmot
Townships	Bethlehem \| Canton \| Jackson \| Lake \| Lawrence \| Lexington \| Marlboro \| Nimishillen \| Osnaburg \| Paris \| Perry \| Pike \| Plain \| Sandy \| Sugar Creek \| Tuscarawas \| Washington
Census-designated places	Greentown \| Perry Heights \| Uniontown
Other localities	Maximo \| Middlebranch \| North Lawrence \| Paris \| Robertsville

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