Hiram Township, Portage County, Ohio

Hiram Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,296 people in the township.Portage County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
==Geography==
Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following other townships:
*Troy Township, Geauga County - north
*Parkman Township, Geauga County - northwest corner
*Nelson Township - east
*Freedom Township - south
*Shalersville Township - southwest corner
*Mantua Township - west
*Auburn Township, Geauga County - northwest corner
Two villages are formed from portions of Hiram Township: part of Garrettsville in the southeast, and Hiram in the center. According to the website of Hiram Township, the portion of Hiram Township once adjoining Windham Township is no longer a part of Hiram Township, having been annexed by the village of Garrettsville.Hiram Township website
Formed from the Connecticut Western Reserve, Hiram Township covers an area of 23 sq mi.
Hiram College, a liberal arts college founded in 1850, is affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). James Garfield, 20th President of the United States, studied at the institution now called Hiram College and served as its principal and a professor prior to the Civil War.
==Name and history==
It is the only Hiram Township statewide.
===Johnson Farm===
John Johnson, Sr. moved his family from Vermont to Hiram Township in 1818, where they established the John Johnson Farm. After reading the Book of Mormon, John and his wife Elsa traveled to Kirtland to meet with Latter Day Saint movement founder Joseph Smith, Jr. The Johnsons invited Smith to live with them, and Smith made the Johnson Farm his residence and the temporary headquarters of the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints) in September 1831.
Several other apostles and notables of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints resided or were frequent guests at the Johnson Farm. Among these were John Johnson's sons, Luke and Lyman; as well as Sidney Rigdon and Orson Hyde. Section 76 of the Doctrine and Covenants was received at the Johnson Farm on February 16, 1832. The LDS Church holds that several other revelations were received at the Johnson Farm, and that Smith worked on translating the Bible here.
==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,§503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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.
==References==
==External links==
*County website
Category:Townships in Portage County, Ohio
Category:Akron metropolitan area
Category:Significant places in Mormonism