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Hardy Township, Holmes County, Ohio
Hardy Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 5,870. Geography Located at the center of the county, it borders the following townships: * Prairie Township - north * Salt Creek Township - northeast * Berlin Township - east * Mechanic Township - southeast * Killbuck Township - southwest * Monroe Township - west The village of Millersburg, the county seat of Holmes County, is located in central Hardy Township. Name and history It is the only Hardy Township statewide. 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, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civil Township
A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States that is subordinate to a County (United States), county, most often in the northern and midwestern parts of the country. The term town is used in New England town, New England, Political subdivisions of New York State#Town, New York, as well as Political subdivisions of Wisconsin#Town, Wisconsin to refer to the equivalent of the civil township in these states; Minnesota uses "town" officially but often uses it and "township" interchangeably. Specific responsibilities and the degree of Wiktionary:autonomy, autonomy vary in each U.S. state, state. Civil townships are distinct from survey townships, but in states that have both, the boundaries often coincide, especially in Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois, and may completely geographically subdivide a county. The United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau classifies civil townships as minor civil divisions. Currently, there are 20 states with civil townshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ohio Revised Code
The ''Ohio Revised Code'' (ORC) contains all current statutes of the Ohio General Assembly of a permanent and general nature, consolidated into provisions, titles, chapters and sections. However, the only official publication of the enactments of the General Assembly is the ''Laws of Ohio''; the ''Ohio Revised Code'' is only a reference. The ''Ohio Revised Code'' is not officially printed, but there are several unofficial but certified (by the Ohio Secretary of State) commercial publications: ''Baldwin's Ohio Revised Code Annotated'' and ''Page's Ohio Revised Code Annotated'' are annotated, while ''Anderson's Ohio Revised Code Unannotated'' is not. ''Baldwin's'' is available online from Westlaw and ''Page's'' is available online from LexisNexis. The state also publishes the full contents of the ORonline Users can request a real-time, certified download of any particular page: a PDF generates with a seal certifying its authenticity. History The ''Ohio Revised Code'' replaced t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Seat
A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or parish (administrative division), civil parish. The term is in use in five countries: Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, and the United States. An equivalent term, shire town, is used in the U.S. state of Vermont and in several other English-speaking jurisdictions. Canada In Canada, the Provinces and territories of Canada, provinces of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia have counties as an administrative division of government below the provincial level, and thus county seats. In the provinces of Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, the term "shire town" is used in place of county seat. China County seats in China are the administrative centers of the counties in the China, People's Republic of China. They have existed since the Warring States period and were set up nationwide by the Qin dynasty. The number of counties in China proper g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monroe Township, Holmes County, Ohio
Monroe Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 1,605. Geography Located in the west central part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Ripley Township - north * Prairie Township - northeast * Hardy Township - east * Killbuck Township - southeast * Richland Township - southwest * Knox Township - west No municipalities are located in Monroe Township. Name and history It is one of twenty-two Monroe Townships statewide. 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, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killbuck Township, Holmes County, Ohio
Killbuck Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 1,894. Geography Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Hardy Township - northeast * Mechanic Township - east * Clark Township, Coshocton County - southeast * Monroe Township, Coshocton County - southwest * Richland Township - west * Monroe Township - northwest The village of Killbuck is located in central Killbuck Township. Name and history It is the only Killbuck Township statewide. 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, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mechanic Township, Holmes County, Ohio
Mechanic Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 3,222. Geography Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Berlin Township - northeast * Clark Township - east * Crawford Township, Coshocton County - southeast corner * Mill Creek Township, Coshocton County - south * Clark Township, Coshocton County - southwest * Killbuck Township - west * Hardy Township - northwest No municipalities are located in Mechanic Township. Name and history It is the only Mechanic Township statewide. 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, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin Township, Holmes County, Ohio
Berlin Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ..., United States. It is at the heart of the Holmes County Amish settlement. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census the population of the township was 4,546, up from 4,252 at the 2010 census. Geography Located in the east central part of the county, it borders the following townships: *Salt Creek Township, Holmes County, Ohio, Salt Creek Township - north *Paint Township, Holmes County, Ohio, Paint Township - northeast corner *Walnut Creek Township, Holmes County, Ohio, Walnut Creek Township - east *Clark Township, Holmes County, Ohio, Clark Township - southeast *Mechanic Township, Holmes County, Ohio, Mechanic Township - southwest *Hardy Township, Holm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salt Creek Township, Holmes County, Ohio
Salt Creek Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 4,685. Geography Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Salt Creek Township, Wayne County - north * Paint Township, Wayne County - northeast corner * Paint Township - east * Walnut Creek Township - southeast corner * Berlin Township - south * Hardy Township - southwest * Prairie Township - west * Franklin Township, Wayne County - northwest corner No municipalities are located in Salt Creek Township, although the unincorporated community of Mount Hope lies in the eastern part of the township. Name and history It is one of five Salt Creek Townships statewide. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prairie Township, Holmes County, Ohio
Prairie Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 3,096. Geography Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Franklin Township, Wayne County - north * Salt Creek Township, Wayne County - northeast corner * Salt Creek Township - east * Hardy Township - south * Monroe Township - southwest * Ripley Township - west * Clinton Township, Wayne County - northwest corner The village of Holmesville is located in central Prairie Township. Name and history Statewide, the only other Prairie Township is located in Franklin County. 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, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geographic Names Information System
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and location information about more than two million physical and cultural features, encompassing the United States and its territories; the Compact of Free Association, associated states of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau; and Antarctica. It is a type of gazetteer. It was developed by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) to promote the standardization of feature names. Data were collected in two phases. Although a third phase was considered, which would have handled name changes where local usages differed from maps, it was never begun. The database is part of a system that includes topographic map names and bibliographic references. The names of books and historic maps that confirm the feature or place name are cited. Variant names, alternatives to official federal names for a feature, are also recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millersburg, Ohio
Millersburg is a village in Holmes County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Located south of Cleveland, it is in the heart of Ohio's Amish Country and is part of a large regional tourism industry. The population was 3,151 at the 2020 census. Holmes County Airport, located two miles southwest of Millersburg, serves the county. History The Old Town of Millersburg was laid out by Adam Johnson and Charles Miller of Coshocton County in November 1815. It was located at the north side of the northwest quarter of Section 12, township 9, range 7 adjoining the School Lands, and very near the northwest corner of said quarter section. The Northwest corner, lot 1, was a little over the hill towards the present mill dam and the northeast corner, lot 9, was about 100 steps west of the present Wooster Road. The center of the town was very nearly the center of Walkups Addition. The principal streets were Bridge, High and Market, each four rods wide. The direction of the former was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
