• Source: Lexington Township, Stark County, Ohio

      • Lexington Township is one of the seventeen townships of Stark County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 4,925 people in the township.


      Geography


      Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships and city:

      Atwater Township, Portage County - north
      Deerfield Township, Portage County - northeast
      Smith Township, Mahoning County - east
      Alliance - southeast
      Washington Township - south
      Marlboro Township - west
      It is the only township in the county with a border on Mahoning County.
      The city of Alliance is in the southeast. The unincorporated community of Limaville, a census-designated place (CDP), is in the north, and the CDP of Bolton is in the center of the township.


      Name and history


      It is the only Lexington Township statewide.
      In 1833, Lexington Township contained three gristmills, seven saw mills, one tannery, and four stores.


      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, 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.


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