Brown Township, Carroll County, Ohio
Brown Township is one of Carroll County’s fourteen townships in Ohio. It sits in the county’s northwest corner and covers about 42 square miles. As of 2020, about 7,214 people live there. The villages of Malvern (center) and part of Minerva (northeast) are inside Brown Township. The communities of Lake Mohawk (southwest) and Pekin (northeast) are unincorporated. Ohio State Route 43 runs through the township, connecting Malvern with Canton to the west/north and Carrollton to the southeast; Route 183 leads northeast to Minerva.
The area lies in the Sandy Creek valley, a west-flowing tributary of the Tuscarawas River. The township was named for John Brown, who lived in Pekin and built the first local mill. It became independent in 1815 while part of Stark County; when Carroll County formed in 1833, Sandy Township was partly moved to Brown, making it about eight miles wide.
Brown Township is governed by a three-member board of trustees and an elected fiscal officer. Trustees serve four-year terms, with two elected the year after a presidential election and one the year before. The fiscal officer serves a four-year term beginning April 1 after the election. Vacancies are filled by the remaining trustees. Students attend the Minerva Local School District in the eastern part and the Brown Local School District in the center and west.
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