Salem Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio

Salem Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,673 people in the township, 1,121 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.GeographyLocated in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships: Jefferson Township - northClay Township - eastWashington Township - southeastOxford Township - southOxford Township, Coshocton County - southwest cornerAdams Township, Coshocton County - west The village of Port Washington is located in eastern Salem Township.Name and historyIt is one of fourteen Salem Townships statewide.GovernmentThe 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. The current trustees are Donald Meek, Ray Stocker, and Robert Thornton, and the fiscal officer is Patty Arth.