Steubenville Township, Jefferson County, Ohio - Wikipedia

Township in Ohio, US Township in Ohio, United States

Steubenville Township, Jefferson County, Ohio
Township
Cool Spring Road (Steubenville Township Road 167A) passes under Wheeling and Lake Erie tracks just to the east of the Coen Tunnel
Location of Steubenville Township in Jefferson County
Coordinates: 40°19′16″N 80°37′4″W / 40.32111°N 80.61778°W / 40.32111; -80.61778
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Jefferson
Area
• Total	7.8 sq mi (20.2 km2)
• Land	7.8 sq mi (20.2 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation[1]	890 ft (270 m)
Population (2020)[2]
• Total	4,117
• Density	528/sq mi (204/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	43952-43953
Area code	740
FIPS code	39-74615[3]
GNIS feature ID	1086387[1]

Steubenville Township is one of the fourteen townships of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 4,117 people in the township.

Geography

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Located in the eastern part of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships and city:

• Steubenville - north
• Wells Township - south
• Cross Creek Township - west

Brooke County, West Virginia lies across the Ohio River to the east.

Most of the northern part of the township is occupied by the city of Steubenville, the county seat of Jefferson County. Of the remainder, the village of Mingo Junction is located in the northeastern part of the township.

Name and history

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Steubenville Township was founded in 1803.[4]

It is the only Steubenville Township statewide.[5]

Government

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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,[6] 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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1. ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
2. ^ "Steubenville township, Jefferson County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
3. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
4. ^ Doyle, Joseph Beatty (1910). 20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County, Ohio and Representative Citizens. Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company. pp. 442.
5. ^ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved February 16, 2007.
6. ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed April 30, 2009.

External links

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• County website

v t e Municipalities and communities of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States
County seat: Steubenville
Cities	Steubenville Toronto
Villages	Adena‡ Amsterdam Bergholz Bloomingdale Dillonvale Empire Irondale Mingo Junction Mount Pleasant New Alexandria Rayland Richmond Smithfield Stratton Tiltonsville Wintersville Yorkville‡
Townships	Brush Creek Cross Creek Island Creek Knox Mount Pleasant Ross Salem Saline Smithfield Springfield Steubenville Warren Wayne Wells
CDPs	Brilliant Connorville East Springfield Pottery Addition
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