Nimishillen Township, Stark County, Ohio

Coordinates: 40°50′56″N 81°16′14″W / 40.84889°N 81.27056°W / 40.84889; -81.27056
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Nimishillen Township
FIPS code
39-55944[3]
GNIS feature ID1086983[1]

Nimishillen Township is one of the seventeen

2020 census
found 9,354 people in the township.

Geography

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

Two cities are located in Nimishillen Township: Louisville in the south, and a small part of Canton, the county seat of Stark County, in the southwest.

Name

It is the only Nimishillen Township statewide.

American Winterberry, a common tree along the stream) plus ni (stream or water).[5]

History

The first settlers arrived in the area between 1805 and 1807, founding Nimishillentown, and organizing Nimishillen Township in 1809.

Its earliest trustees, elected in 1809, were Jacob Shively, Jesse Fetts and John Gans. Other early township officials were township clerk John Rupert; constable James Coney; treasurer Mathias Bower; appraiser of property Isaac Clay; overseer of the poor George Shidler; fence supervisor John Miller; and road supervisor Michael Miller.

The courts were composed of juries chosen by the trustees and presided over by

indentures, and the names of men whose wives required them not to use alcohol.[6]

In 1833, Nimishillen Township contained one gristmill, five saw mills, two tanneries, and one store.[7]

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,[8] 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

The township is split into two school districts. Most of Nimishillen Township's students attend school within the Louisville City School District. Plain Local School District serves students within the far northwestern corner of the township.

Parks and recreation

Molly Stark Park, named after the wife of

Major General John Stark. It is located at 7900 Columbus Road, the former grounds of the Molly Stark Hospital, between Louisville and Harrisburg. The Hospital memorialized Molly Stark
using her home as a hospital for Revolutionary War soldiers.

Library

The Louisville Public Library serves Nimishillen Township.

References

  1. ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ^ "Nimishillen township, Stark County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
  3. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ^ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved February 16, 2007.
  5. ^ Perrin, William Henry (1881). History of Stark County: With an Outline Sketch of Ohio. Baskin & Battey. p. 462.
  6. ^ The Louisville Public Library. Local History. Louisville, Ohio: From Village to City. http://www.louisvillelibrary.org/node/27 Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine 2005. Accessed 2007-05-30
  7. ^ Kilbourn, John (1833). The Ohio Gazetteer, or, a Topographical Dictionary. Scott and Wright. pp. 346. Retrieved December 12, 2013.
  8. ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

External links

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