Lexington Township, Stark County, Ohio

Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships and city:

• Atwater Township, Portage County - north
• Deerfield Township, Portage County - northeast
• Smith Township, Mahoning County - east
• Alliance - southeast
• Washington Township - south
• Marlboro Township - west

It is the only township in the county with a border on Mahoning County.

The city of Alliance is in the southeast. The unincorporated community of Limaville, a census-designated place (CDP), is in the north, and the CDP of Bolton is in the center of the township.

It is the only Lexington Township statewide.{{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}}

In 1833, Lexington Township contained three gristmills, seven saw mills, one tannery, and four stores.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_dt48AAAAYAAJ | title=The Ohio Gazetteer, or, a Topographical Dictionary | publisher=Scott and Wright | date=1833 | accessdate=12 December 2013 | author=Kilbourn, John | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_dt48AAAAYAAJ/page/n255 271]}}

{{US Census population

|1820=539

|1830=869

|1840=1640

|1850=1996

|1860=3102

|1870=5700

|1880=6287

|1890=8994

|1900=10325

|1910=16700

|1920=22241

|1930=23712

|1940=23292

|1950=27578

|1960=29074

|1970=5975

|1980=

|1990=5291

|2000=5583

|footnote=census data: 1820 : [http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1820a-02.pdf 1820] page 137, 1830 : {{cite book |title=The Ohio gazetteer: or, Topographical dictionary: describing the several ... in the State of Ohio |first=John |last=Kilbourn |page=332 |publisher=self |year=1831 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CDUWAAAAYAAJ&dq=Stark&pg=PA332 }}, 1840, 1880 : {{cite book |title=Historical Collections of Ohio, The Ohio Centennial Edition |last=Howe |first=Henry |year=1907 |publisher=The State of Ohio |page=285 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cBDVAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA285 }}, 1850, 1860, 1870 : [http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1870a-08.pdf 1870] page 35, 1890, 1900 : {{cite book |title=Population of the United States by states and territories, counties, and minor Civil Divisions, as returned at the Twelfth Census: 1900 |last1=Hunt |first1=William C. |year=1901 |publisher=United States Census Printing Office |page=318 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pnk9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA318 }}, 1910, 1920, 1930 : [http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch08.pdf 1930] page 56, 1940, 1950 : [http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch09.pdf 1950] page 21, 1960, 1970 : [http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/26084397v1ch3.pdf 1970] page 135, 1990 : [https://www.census.gov 1990], 2000 : [https://www.census.gov 2000] (includes Alliance before 1970)

}}

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.

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