Palmyra Township is one of the eighteen townships

Civil township

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 of Portage County

Portage County, Ohio

Portage County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 152,061 at the 2000 Census and 161,419 at the 2010 Census. Its county seat is Ravenna. Portage County is named for the portage between the Cuyahoga and Tuscarawas Rivers...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 2,785 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Paris Township
  Paris Township, Portage County, Ohio
  Paris Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,827 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Windham Township - north...
  
   - north
• Newton Township, Trumbull County
  Newton Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
  Newton Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 9,524 people in the township, 4,522 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Milton Township, Mahoning County
  Milton Township, Mahoning County, Ohio
  Milton Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,107 people in the township, 2,853 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Berlin Township, Mahoning County - southeast corner
• Deerfield Township
  Deerfield Township, Portage County, Ohio
  Deerfield Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,211 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Atwater Township
  Atwater Township, Portage County, Ohio
  Atwater Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,762 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Edinburg Township
  Edinburg Township, Portage County, Ohio
  Edinburg Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,344 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Charlestown Township
  Charlestown Township, Portage County, Ohio
  Charlestown Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,003 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Freedom Township - north...
  
   - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Palmyra Township, although the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 of Diamond

Diamond, Ohio

Diamond is an unincorporated community in eastern Palmyra Township, Portage County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44412. The community is part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area. Interstate 76 travels near Diamond.-Notable...

 lies in the township's east.

Formed from the Connecticut Western Reserve

Connecticut Western Reserve

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, Palmyra Township covers an area of 26 square miles (67.3 km²).

History

The Welsh Cemetery located in Palmyra Township contains the remains and headstones of several 19th century settlers from Wales

Wales

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 (both North

North Wales

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 and South

South Wales

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), with at least one stone actually inscribed in the Welsh language

Welsh language

Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...

.

Although the township was first settled by New England

New England

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ers, Welsh farmers arrived in substantial numbers after 1831. Welsh coal miners joined them in the 1870s. An annual Mayfair highlighting the township's Welsh heritage, an outgrowth of an earlier Welsh horse show, died out by the 1970s.

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

Palmyra Township is served by the Southeast Local Schools, and Southeast High School

Southeast High School (Ravenna, Ohio)

Southeast High School is a public high school located in the southeastern portion of Portage County in Palmyra Township near Ravenna, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Southeast Local School District. The district covers nearly including the entire townships of Edinburg and Palmyra, as...

is located in the township.

External links

• County website
• Old Stagecoach Inn