Berlin Township, Holmes County, Ohio

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

• Salt Creek Township - north
• Paint Township - northeast corner
• Walnut Creek Township - east
• Clark Township - southeast
• Mechanic Township - southwest
• Hardy Township - west

No municipalities are located in Berlin Township, although the unincorporated community of Berlin lies at the center of the township.

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Berlin Township was organized March 20, 1820 prior to the formation of Holmes County which occurred January 20, 1824. It therefore began as a township of Coshocton County. The original township included all of the present day Berlin Township plus the part of the present day Walnut Creek Township that was then in Coshocton County as well as the parts of the present day Salt Creek and Paint Townships north of these areas and south of the Greenville Treaty Line.Miller, Oscar R., Miller, Roy R., Kaufman, Stanley A. and Farver, W. E. Sesquicentennial History of the Berlin Community 1816-1966 Berlin, Ohio, second edition. Middaugh Printers, Sugarcreek, Ohio, 1967, p. 15.

Statewide, other Berlin Townships are located in Delaware, Erie, Knox, and Mahoning counties.{{Cite web| title = Detailed map of Ohio| publisher = United States Census Bureau| year = 2000| url = http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/cousub_outline/cen2k_pgsz/oh_cosub.pdf| accessdate =2007-02-16}}

A major attraction for visitors is the Amish & Mennonite Heritage Center providing a glimpse of the traditional ways of the Amish and an illustrated history in its extensively large mural called Behalt.{{cite web |url=http://www.amish-heartland.com/about%20the%20area/2016/04/01/behalt-the-amish-and-mennonite-heritage-center |title=Behalt: The Amish and Mennonite Heritage Center |website=www.amish-heartland.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416221148/http://amish-heartland.com/about%20the%20area/2016/04/01/behalt-the-amish-and-mennonite-heritage-center |archive-date=2016-04-16}}

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,[http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/503.24 §503.24], [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/505.01 §505.01], and [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/507.01 §507.01] of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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.

As of 2011–15, 38.9% of the population spoke only English, 48.1% spoke Pennsylvania German at home, and 12.3% spoke German.{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/15_5YR/B16001/0600000US3907505830| title=Language Spoken at Home by Ability to Speak English for the Population 5 Years and Over; 2011-2015 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates: Berlin township, Holmes County, Ohio| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| accessdate=January 8, 2018| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213234935/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/15_5YR/B16001/0600000US3907505830| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}} According to the 2019 "ACS 5-Year Estimates Data Profiles", the percentage of English only speakers decreased to 35.7%, while speakers of "other Indo-European languages" (basically Pennsylvania Dutch/German), increased to 64.0% of the township's population.

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• [http://www.co.holmes.oh.us County website]

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Category:Townships in Holmes County, Ohio

Category:Amish in Ohio

Category:German-American culture in Ohio

Category:Pennsylvania Dutch culture in Ohio

Category:Townships in Ohio