Salem Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Jefferson County

Jefferson County, Ohio

Jefferson County is a county located in the state of Ohio. As of 2010, the population was 69,709. Its county seat is Steubenville and is named for Thomas Jefferson, who was at the time Vice President....

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 3,162 people in the township, 2,691 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Ross Township
  Ross Township, Jefferson County, Ohio
  Ross Township is one of the fourteen townships of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 655 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Knox Township
  Knox Township, Jefferson County, Ohio
  Knox Township is one of the fourteen townships of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,011 people in the township, 2,179 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Island Creek Township
  Island Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio
  Island Creek Township is one of the fourteen townships of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 12,078 people in the township, 7,513 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Cross Creek Township
  Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio
  Cross Creek Township is one of the fourteen townships of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 8,761 people in the township, 5,643 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Wayne Township
  Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio
  Wayne Township is one of the fourteen townships of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,233 people in the township, 2,012 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• German Township, Harrison County
  German Township, Harrison County, Ohio
  German Township is one of the fifteen townships of Harrison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 767 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest
• Springfield Township
  Springfield Township, Jefferson County, Ohio
  Springfield Township is one of the fourteen townships of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,568 people in the township, 1,231 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

The village of Richmond

Richmond, Ohio

Richmond is a village in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The population was 471 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area....

 is located in northeastern Salem Township, and the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 of East Springfield

East Springfield, Ohio

East Springfield is a census-designated place in northwestern Salem Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43925. It lies along State Route 43 northwest of the county seat of Steubenville...

lies in the northwestern part of the township.

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.

External links

• County website
• Township website