Salem Township is one of the eighteen townships

Civil township

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 of Columbiana County

Columbiana County, Ohio

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 5,703 people in the township, 3,338 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Green Township, Mahoning County
  Green Township, Mahoning County, Ohio
  Green Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,450 people in the township, 3,095 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Beaver Township, Mahoning County
  Beaver Township, Mahoning County, Ohio
  Beaver Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,466 people in the township, 6,104 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Fairfield Township
  Fairfield Township, Columbiana County, Ohio
  Fairfield Township is one of the eighteen townships of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 9,583 people in the township, 4,215 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Elkrun Township
  Elkrun Township, Columbiana County, Ohio
  Elkrun Township is one of the eighteen townships of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,781 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Center Township
  Center Township, Columbiana County, Ohio
  Center Township is one of the eighteen townships of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,473 people in the township, 3,685 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Hanover Township
  Hanover Township, Columbiana County, Ohio
  Hanover Township is one of the eighteen townships of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,749 people in the township, 3,362 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Butler Township
  Butler Township, Columbiana County, Ohio
  Butler Township is one of the eighteen townships of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,444 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Perry Township
  Perry Township, Columbiana County, Ohio
  Perry Township is one of the eighteen townships of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 17,049 people in the township, 4,852 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

Parts of the villages of Leetonia

Leetonia, Ohio

Leetonia is a village in Salem Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,043 at the 2000 census. Artie Altomare has been the mayor of Leetonia since 1997.- History :...

 and Washingtonville

Washingtonville, Ohio

Washingtonville is a village in Columbiana and Mahoning counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 789 at the 2000 census. Washingtonville is split between the East Liverpool–Salem Micropolitan Statistical Area and the Youngstown–Warren–Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan...

 are located in northeastern and northern Salem Township.

Name and history

It is one of fourteen Salem Townships statewide

Salem Township, Ohio

Salem Township, Ohio may refer to:*Salem Township, Auglaize County, Ohio*Salem Township, Champaign County, Ohio*Salem Township, Columbiana County, Ohio*Salem Township, Highland County, Ohio*Salem Township, Jefferson County, Ohio...

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The township was among the first organized in the county in 1803.

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.