What Lake Township includes
Lake Township is the whole 35-square-mile township in northern Stark County, bordering the city of Green in Summit County and Plain Township to the south. Inside it are several communities that people often treat as separate towns:
| Community | Type | Location in the township |
|---|---|---|
| Hartville | Incorporated village | Northeast |
| Uniontown | Census-designated place | Northwest |
| Greentown | Census-designated place | Southwest |
| Mount Pleasant | Unincorporated | Southwest |
| Aultman | Unincorporated, extends into Green | Southwest |
| Cairo | Unincorporated | South, on the Plain Township line |
Only Hartville has its own government. Everywhere else, three elected trustees and a fiscal officer run the township, and the township’s road department works out of 1499 Midway Street in Uniontown. The township’s 30,324 residents in 2020 don’t include Hartville’s, which the village counts separately.
Three school districts across one township
Lake Township is split among three districts, so where you are matters for buyers:
- Lake Local serves most of the northern and eastern halves, including Hartville, Uniontown and Greentown. It consolidated from five buildings into three: Lake Primary, Lake Elementary and Lake Middle/High School.
- North Canton City Schools serve the southwestern quarter.
- Plain Local serves a small area in the far southeast corner.
A Lake Township address alone doesn’t tell a buyer which district they’re getting, so put it in the listing or tell any buyer up front.
Muck farms, Quail Hollow and rural lots
The eastern part of the township is still farm country, and some of it is unusual farm country. Lake and Marlboro townships sit on black organic “muck” soil, the old Hartville Swamp, where farmers have grown vegetables since the 1870s. At least 29 muck farmers worked the area in the early 1960s; Farm and Dairy reported that the remaining farms could be counted on one hand.
The township also has large protected land. Quail Hollow Park, in the northeast, covers more than 700 acres around a 40-room house. It was a state park from 1975 and has been managed by Stark Parks since January 2016. Two golf courses, Seven Hills (public) and Congress Lake Country Club (private), add open space.
For sellers, rural lots bring specific questions:
- Septic systems need the Stark County Health Department’s property transfer inspection; see selling a house with septic problems.
- Private wells aren’t on the county’s sale checklist as far as we found, but buyers often test them anyway.
- Barns, pole buildings and acreage can complicate an appraisal. Selling vacant land in Ohio covers splitting off extra acreage.
Newer, owner-occupied and low-vacancy
Lake Township’s housing is mostly late-20th-century and heavily owner-occupied:
- Median year built: 1979.
- About 8% of homes predate 1940.
- About 81% are detached single-family houses.
- Owners occupy about 83%, and only about 2% of units are vacant.
That combination means a Lake Township house in good repair usually has a ready pool of buyers, and listing may well get you more than we’d offer. We’ll tell you if that’s the case.
When an as-is sale is the better fit here
A direct sale makes more sense for a farmhouse with an aging septic system, an estate with outbuildings full of equipment, or a house a buyer’s lender won’t finance until repairs are done. Probate, tax and transfer-fee rules for the whole county are on our Stark County page. When you’re ready, ask for a written offer.