| Official Name: | Fox 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: | 93.65 |
| Area Land Km2: | 93.63 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.02 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Total: | 977 |
| Population Density Km2: | 10.4 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 385 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1263 |
| Coordinates: | 40.5969°N -80.9094°W |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 39-28126[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1085828 |
Fox Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 977.[3]
Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
No municipalities are located in Fox Township, although the unincorporated community of Mechanicstown lies in the township's northwest
It is the only Fox Township statewide.[4] Fox Township, which is all of township 13, range 4 of the Old Seven Ranges, was taken from Columbiana County by the Ohio legislature in 1832–33.[5]
On July 26, 1863 Major General John H. Morgan, C.S.A. of Morgan's Raiders and General James Shackleford U.S.A. fought the northernmost engagement of the American Civil War near Mechanicstown in this township.[6]
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,[7] 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 Carrollton Exempted Village School District in most of the township and Edison Local School District in the southeast corner.[8]
