Salem Township is one of the eighteen townships of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census reported 5,142 people living in the township.

Geography

Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships: One city and two villages are located in Salem Township:

Name and history

It is one of fourteen Salem Townships statewide. The township was among the first organized in the county in 1803.

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, 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.

Township Trustees

Fiscal Officer