St. Clair Township, Columbiana County, Ohio

St. Clair Township is one of the eighteen townships of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 7,804.

Geography

Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships and borough:

Middleton Township - north
Ohioville, Pennsylvania - east
Liverpool Township - south
Madison Township - west
Elkrun Township - northwest corner

Two CDPs and one unincorporated community are located in St. Clair Township:

The census-designated place of Calcutta, in the center
The census-designated place of Glenmoor, in the southwest
The unincorporated community of Fredericktown, in the northeast

Name and history

Statewide, the only other St. Clair Township is located in Butler County.

The township was among the first organized in the county in 1803. It is thought to have been named after Arthur St. Clair, first governor of the Northwest Territory, which included Ohio.

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.