Official Name: | Augusta Township, Carroll County, Ohio |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Ohio |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Carroll |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Km2: | 72.1 |
Area Land Km2: | 72.1 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.0 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 1531 |
Population Density Km2: | 21.2 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 341 |
Elevation Ft: | 1119 |
Coordinates: | 40.6906°N -81.0422°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 44607 |
Area Code: | 330 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 39-03030[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1085824 |
Augusta Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 1,531.[3]
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 9miles from Augusta village to Carrollton, the county seat, and northeast 7miles to Hanoverton.
It is the only Augusta Township statewide. Augusta Township was formally part of Columbiana County until the creation of Carroll county in 1833.
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,[4] 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.
Students attend the Minerva Local School District in the Northwestern part and Carrollton Exempted Village School District in most of the township.[5]