Lexington Township, Stark County, Ohio

Lexington Township is one of the seventeen townships of Stark County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 4,925 people in the township.

Lexington Township, Stark County, Ohio
Township
Science Hill School
Location of Lexington Township in Stark County
Coordinates: 40°56′57″N 81°7′45″W
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Stark
Area
• Total	24.7 sq mi (64.0 km2)
• Land	23.0 sq mi (59.6 km2)
• Water	1.7 sq mi (4.3 km2)
Elevation [1]	1,060 ft (323 m)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	4,925
• Density	214.1/sq mi (82.6/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code	39-43022[3]
GNIS feature ID	1086979[1]

Geography

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 census-designated places of Limaville and Bolton lie in the north and the center of the township, respectively.

Name and history

It is the only Lexington Township statewide.^[4]

In 1833, Lexington Township contained three gristmills, seven saw mills, one tannery, and four stores.^[5]

Government

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1820	539		—
1830	869		61.2%
1840	1,640		88.7%
1850	1,996		21.7%
1860	3,102		55.4%
1870	5,700		83.8%
1880	6,287		10.3%
1890	8,994		43.1%
1900	10,325		14.8%
1910	16,700		61.7%
1920	22,241		33.2%
1930	23,712		6.6%
1940	23,292		−1.8%
1950	27,578		18.4%
1960	29,074		5.4%
1970	5,975		−79.4%
1990	5,291		—
2000	5,583		5.5%
[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.