Carroll Township, Ottawa County, Ohio


Carroll Township is one of the twelve townships of Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,913 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the northern part of the county along Lake Erie, it borders the following townships:
No municipalities are located in Carroll Township.
Carroll Township also houses the Magee Marsh State Reservation and Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station.

Name and history

It is the only Carroll Township statewide.

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.