Clay Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio

Clay Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
Township
Columbus and Ohio River Railroad bridge over Tuscarawas River next to U.S. Route 36 leads into Gnadenhutten, Ohio
Location of Clay Township in Tuscarawas County
Coordinates: 40°21′23″N 81°27′9″W / 40.35639°N 81.45250°W / 40.35639; -81.45250Coordinates: 40°21′23″N 81°27′9″W / 40.35639°N 81.45250°W / 40.35639; -81.45250
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Tuscarawas
Area
• Total	24.7 sq mi (63.9 km2)
• Land	24.2 sq mi (62.6 km2)
• Water	0.5 sq mi (1.3 km2)
Elevation	814 ft (248 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	1,981
• Density	82.0/sq mi (31.6/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code	39-15574
GNIS feature ID	1087052

Clay Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,981 people in the township, 721 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

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

Part of the village of Gnadenhutten is located in eastern Clay Township.

Clay Township contains the unincorporated locale of Lock Seventeen., named for its location at the seventeenth lock of the Ohio Canal.

It is one of nine .

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 Ruby Kinsey, Harvey Morrison, and Tom Morrison, and the fiscal officer is Sharon Miller.