Augusta Township, Carroll County, Ohio


Augusta Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 1,619.

Geography

Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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 from Augusta village to Carrollton, the county seat, and northeast to Hanoverton.

Name and history

It is the only Augusta Township statewide. Augusta Township was formally part of Columbiana County until the creation of Carroll county in 1833.

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.

Education

Students attend the Minerva Local School District in the Northwestern part and Carrollton Exempted Village School District in most of the township.