Auburn Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio

Auburn Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,109 people in the township.

Auburn Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
Township
Veterans memorial at Ragersville
Location of Auburn Township in Tuscarawas County
Coordinates: 40°27′41″N 81°37′15″W
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Tuscarawas
Area
• Total	22.5 sq mi (58.3 km2)
• Land	22.5 sq mi (58.3 km2)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation [1]	1,047 ft (319 m)
Population  (2000)[2]
• Total	1,109
• Density	49/sq mi (19/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code	39-02918[3]
GNIS feature ID	1087050[1]

Geography

Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Sugar Creek Township - north
• Dover Township - northeast
• York Township - east
• Jefferson Township - southeast
• Bucks Township - southwest
• Clark Township, Holmes County - northwest

No municipalities are located in Auburn Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Auburn Townships are located in Crawford and Geauga counties.^[4]

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. The current trustees are Bruce Hanna, Dale Krebs, and Ralph Sundheimer Jr., and the fiscal officer is Alan Youngen.^[5]