Smith Township, Belmont County, Ohio
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|image_caption = The James Kinney Farmhouse, built 1863
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|subdivision_name2 = Belmont
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|area_total_km2 = 93.8
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|population_total = 1433
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|timezone = Eastern (EST)
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Smith Township is one of the sixteen townships of Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,433 people in the township.{{cite web |title=Smith township, Belmont County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Smith_township;_Belmont_County;_Ohio?g=060XX00US3901372736 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=24 May 2023}}
Geography
Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:
- Richland Township - North
- Mead Township - Southeast
- Washington Township - South
- Wayne Township - Southwest
- Goshen Township - West
No municipalities are located in Smith Township, although three unincorporated communities are located in the township: Jacobsburg in the southeast, Centerville in the center, and Warnock in the north.
Name and history
Smith Township was possibly named for William Smith, who built the first gristmill in the township about 1805.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=idkyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA283 | title=Centennial History of Belmont County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens | publisher=Biographical Publishing Company | author=McKelvey, A. T. | year=1903 | pages=283}}
Statewide, the only other Smith Township is located in Mahoning County.
In 1833, Smith Township contained a number of gristmills, saw mills, fulling mills, and carding machines.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_dt48AAAAYAAJ | quote=https://books.google.com/books?id=dt48AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA422#v=onepage&q&f=false | 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/n458 422]}}
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,[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.
References
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External links
- [http://www.belmontcountyohio.org County website]
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