Sandy Township is one of the twenty-two townships

Civil township

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 of Tuscarawas County

Tuscarawas County, Ohio

Tuscarawas County is a county located in the eastern part of the state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 92,582. Its county seat is New Philadelphia...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 3,354 people in the township, 2,513 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Pike Township, Stark County
  Pike Township, Stark County, Ohio
  Pike Township is one of the seventeen townships of Stark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,088 people in the township, 3,282 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Sandy Township, Stark County
  Sandy Township, Stark County, Ohio
  Sandy Township is one of the seventeen townships of Stark County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census found 3,675 people in the township; this was a slight decrease from the 2000 census, which found 3,679 people in the township, 2,059 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the...
  
   - northeast corner
• Rose Township, Carroll County
  Rose Township, Carroll County, Ohio
  Rose Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,603 people in the township, 1,289 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Warren Township
  Warren Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
  Warren Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,194 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast
• Fairfield Township
  Fairfield Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
  Fairfield Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,487 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Lawrence Township
  Lawrence Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
  Lawrence Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,241 people in the township, 4,154 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west

The village of Mineral City

Mineral City, Ohio

Mineral City is a village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The population was 841 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Mineral City is located at ....

 is located in central Sandy 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 Sandyville

Sandyville, Ohio

Sandyville is an unincorporated community in northern Sandy Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44671...

 lies in the northern part of the township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Sandy Township is located in Stark County

Sandy Township, Stark County, Ohio

Sandy Township is one of the seventeen townships of Stark County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census found 3,675 people in the township; this was a slight decrease from the 2000 census, which found 3,679 people in the township, 2,059 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the...

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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. The current trustees are Jeremy Broadwater, George Hysong, and Angelo Pirolozzi, and the fiscal officer is Stacey Spillman.