Monroe Township, Carroll County, Ohio


Monroe Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,924, 1,632 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
Two incorporated villages are located in Monroe Township: Dellroy in the north, and part of Sherrodsville in the southwest.
Atwood Lake lies in the northern part of the township and the Conotton Creek flows through the southwest corner.

Name and history

It is one of twenty-two Monroe Townships statewide.
Monroe Township was established at the first session of the county commissioner's board, after the organization of the county in 1833. It contains twelve full sections and three half sections taken from the original township 14, range 6 of the Old Seven Ranges, contributed from Harrison County; also twelve full sections and two half sections from original township 15, range 7, as contributed from Tuscarawas County at the time Carroll County was erected by contributions from surrounding counties. It was named for James Monroe, President of the United States.

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.

Education

Students near Sherrodsville and Leavittsville attend the Conotton Valley Union Local School District. Those nearer to Dellroy attend the Carrollton Exempted Village School District.