Bethlehem Township, Stark County, Ohio

Bethlehem Township is one of the seventeen townships of Stark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,210 people in the township.[3]

Bethlehem Township
Civil township
township meeting house and garage
Location of Bethlehem Township in Stark County
Coordinates: 40°42′44″N 81°30′14″W
CountryUnited States
StateOhio
CountyStark
Area
 • Total33.4 sq mi (86.6 km2)
 • Land33.3 sq mi (86.4 km2)
 • Water0.1 sq mi (0.2 km2)
Elevation1,020 ft (311 m)
Population
 (2000)- The "Historical Population" box located elsewhere on this page includes residents of villages within the Township, so it does not represent the true number of actual Township residents.
 • Total4,210
 • Density126.4/sq mi (48.8/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code39-06180[2]
GNIS feature ID1086973[1]

Geography

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

Most of the village of Navarre is located in northwestern Bethlehem Township. A very small portion of the city of Massillon also lies within the northwest portion of the township. The township also contains the unincorporated community of Smoketown within its east central portion.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Bethlehem Township is located in Coshocton County.[4]

Bethlehem Township was described in 1833 as having two stores and two saw mills.[5]

Government
Historical population
CensusPop.%±
1820489—
183088681.2%
18401,01915.0%
18502,398135.3%
18602,4010.1%
18702,148−10.5%
18802,3047.3%
18902,290−0.6%
19002,236−2.4%
19102,49511.6%
19202,393−4.1%
19302,92922.4%
19403,22710.2%
19503,56810.6%
19604,27719.9%
19704,5285.9%
19905,803—
20005,650−2.6%
[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.

References
  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  3. Stark County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
  4. "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved 2007-02-16.
  5. Kilbourn, John (1833). The Ohio Gazetteer, Or a Topographical Dictionary. Scott and Wright. pp. 95. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  6. census data: 1820 : 1820 page 137, 1830 : Kilbourn, John (1831). The Ohio gazetteer: or, Topographical dictionary: describing the several ... in the State of Ohio. self. p. 332., 1840, 1880 : Howe, Henry (1907). Historical Collections of Ohio, The Ohio Centennial Edition. The State of Ohio. p. 285., 1850, 1860, 1870 : 1870 page 35, 1890, 1900 : Hunt, William C. (1901). Population of the United States by states and territories, counties, and minor Civil Divisions, as returned at the Twelfth Census: 1900. United States Census Printing Office. p. 318., 1910, 1920, 1930 : 1930 page 56, 1940, 1950 : 1950 page 21, 1960, 1970 : 1970 page 135, 1990 : 1990 , 2000 : 2000
  7. §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.
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