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]
Augusta Township, Carroll County, Ohio | |
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 Sunday afternoon traffic on Andora Road | |
 Location of Augusta Township in Carroll County | |
| Coordinates: 40°41′26″N 81°2′32″W / 40.69056°N 81.04222°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Carroll |
| Area | |
• Total | 27.8 sq mi (72.1 km2) |
| • Land | 27.8 sq mi (72.1 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,119 ft (341 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,531 |
| • Density | 55/sq mi (21.2/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 44607 |
| Area code | 330 |
| FIPS code | 39-03030[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1085824[1] |
Geography
editLocated in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
- West Township, Columbiana County - north
- East Township - east
- Washington Township - south
- Harrison Township - southwest corner
- Brown Township - west
- Paris Township, Stark County - northwest corner
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
editIt is the only Augusta Township statewide. Augusta Township was formally part of Columbiana County until the creation of Carroll county in 1833.
Government
edit| 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% | |
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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] 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
editStudents attend the Minerva Local School District in the Northwestern part and Carrollton Exempted Village School District in most of the township.[6]
References
edit- ^ 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. self. p. 321., 1840, 1880: Howe, Henry (1907). Historical Collections of Ohio, The Ohio Centennial Edition. The State of Ohio. p. 359., 1850 : 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. United States Census Printing Office. p. 306., 1900,1910,1920 : Austin, William Lane; Teele, Ray Palmer (1921). Fourteenth census of the United States, Volume 1. Government Printing Office. p. 561., 1930 : 1930 page 40, 1940 : 1940 page 83, 1950 : 1950 page 14, 1960 : 1960 page 16, 1970 : 1970[permanent dead link] page 124, 1980 : 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