| Official Name: | Salem Township, Tuscarawas 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: | Tuscarawas |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Km2: | 88.4 |
| Area Land Km2: | 87.7 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.8 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 34.1 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 33.8 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.3 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 1584 |
| Population Density Km2: | 18.1 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 46.9 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
| Elevation M: | 314 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1030 |
| Coordinates: | 40.3292°N -81.5525°W |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 39-69974[3] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1087064 |
Salem Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,584 people in the township.
Salem Township derives its name from the town of the same name mentioned in the Bible. The settlement of Salem, among the first in the Northwest Territory, was founded by a group of Moravian Christians, both European and Native American (Christian Munsee and Christian Mohican), led by the Christian missionary John Heckewelder.[4] [5]
It is one of fourteen Salem Townships statewide.[6]
Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
The village of Port Washington is located in eastern Salem Township.
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.