Saline Township, Ohio

Saline Township, Jefferson County, Ohio
Township
United Methodist Church in Hammondsville
Location of Saline Township in Jefferson County
Coordinates: 40°33′22″N 80°42′19″W / 40.55611°N 80.70528°W / 40.55611; -80.70528Coordinates: 40°33′22″N 80°42′19″W / 40.55611°N 80.70528°W / 40.55611; -80.70528
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Jefferson
Area
• Total	21.5 sq mi (55.7 km2)
• Land	21.1 sq mi (54.6 km2)
• Water	0.4 sq mi (1.1 km2)
Elevation	686 ft (209 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	1,454
• Density	69.0/sq mi (26.6/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code	39-70086
GNIS feature ID	1086383

Saline Township is one of the fourteen townships of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,454 people in the township, 1,011 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Located in the northeastern corner of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships:

Hancock County, West Virginia lies across the Ohio River to the east.

Two villages are located in Saline Township: Irondale in the northwest, and part of Stratton in the southeast along the Ohio River. As well, the unincorporated community of Hammondsville lies in the center of the township.

The name of Saline Township is derived from the salinity of its salt wells.

It is the only Saline Township statewide.

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.