Welcome to Brown Township
Carroll County, OH
Est. 1816
Welcome to the official website of Brown Township. We are located in northwest Carroll County Ohio. Our website is designed to provide you with easy access to information about our township’s government, services, events, and news. Whether you’re a longtime resident, new homeowner, or visitor to our community, we hope you will find our website to be a valuable resource.
Here you can find information about our elected officials, township departments, and staff. We hope you find our website to be informative and helpful, and we welcome your feedback as we continue to work towards improving our community. Thank you for visiting our website, and we look forward to serving you.
Township 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.
Our History
Brown Township is one of the fourteen townships of Carroll County, Ohio United States. As of the 2020 census the township had a population of 7,214. Two incorporated villages are located in Brown Township: Malvern in the center, and part of Minerva in the northeast. We are one of the eight Brown Townships within the state of Ohio. The township was named for John Brown, who then resided at Pekin, and who build the first mill in that part of Carroll County. With the formation of Carroll County in 1833, two miles off the east side of Sandy Township were annexed to the west side of Brown Township, creating an eight mile wide township.