Hiram Township
Hiram, Ohio 44234
Meeting on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at the Hiram Township Hall at 7:00 pm

Hiram Township, Hiram, Ohio 44234

Hiram Township was established in 1817 in the Northwest corner of Portage County as

a 25 square mile tract of land. It is bordered by the townships of Troy, Nelson, Mantua,

Freedom and the village of Garrettsville. Over the years some of the original 25 square

miles was used for the establishment of Garrettsville Village and 1 square mile for Hiram

Village which sits directly in the middle of the township. Hiram Township is served by

the Crestwood and Garfield school systems, 3 different telephone exchanges and the Post

Offices of Hiram, Garrettsville and Mantua. Police protection is supplied by the Portage

County Sheriff’s Department as normal coverage when the roads can be patrolled by the

deputies, there is no contractual police protection. Fire and EMS coverage is supplied by

the Hiram Village Volunteer Fire Department on a contracted basis. There are 2 different

levies for the individual services of Fire and EMS. Over the years Hiram Township has

been a farming and residential community and has remained that way due to the residents

desires to remain that way. Within the township there are no commercial areas within

zoning and only a small block that is defined as industrial. This section is located in the

townships southeast quadrant and abuts an industrial section of Garrettsville. Due to the

availability of the freeway system and the Ohio Turnpike most major communities,

shopping malls and entertainment complexes within Northeast Ohio can be reached in 30

to 60 minutes. These include Cleveland, Akron, Kent and even Cleveland Hopkins and

Akron / Canton airports.