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Hopewell Township, Mercer County, Ohio
Hopewell Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mercer County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,024 people in the township. Geography Located in the north central part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Dublin Township - north * Union Township - northeast corner * Center Township - east * Jefferson Township - south * Liberty Township - west * Black Creek Township - northwest corner No municipalities are located in Hopewell Township. Name and history Hopewell Township was organized in 1842. It is one of five Hopewell 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] |
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] |
Hopewell Township, Ohio (other)
Hopewell Township, Ohio, may refer to: *Hopewell Township, Licking County, Ohio *Hopewell Township, Mercer County, Ohio * Hopewell Township, Muskingum County, Ohio * Hopewell Township, Perry County, Ohio *Hopewell Township, Seneca County, Ohio Hopewell Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 2,672 people in the township. Geography Located in the west central part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Liber ... {{Geodis Ohio township disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Creek Township, Ohio
Black Creek Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mercer County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 611 people in the township. Geography Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships: * Willshire Township, Van Wert County – north * Liberty Township, Van Wert County – northeast corner * Dublin Township – east * Hopewell Township – southeast corner * Liberty Township – south *Jefferson Township, Adams County, Indiana – southwest *Blue Creek Township, Adams County, Indiana – northwest No municipalities are located in Black Creek Township. Name and history Black Creek Township was organized in 1834. It is the only Black Creek 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 ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberty Township, Mercer County, Ohio
Liberty Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mercer County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 909 people in the township. Geography Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Black Creek Township - north * Dublin Township - northeast corner * Hopewell Township - east * Jefferson Township - southeast * Washington Township - south * Wabash Township, Jay County, Indiana - southwest *Jefferson Township, Adams County, Indiana - northwest No municipalities are located in Liberty Township. Name and history Liberty Township was organized in 1841. It is one of twenty-five Liberty 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 offic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jefferson Township, Mercer County, Ohio
Jefferson Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mercer County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 13,802 people in the township. Geography Located in the east central part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Hopewell Township - north, west of Center Township * Center Township - north, east of Hopewell Township * Noble Township, Auglaize County - northeast * Saint Marys Township, Auglaize County - southeast * Franklin Township - south, east of Butler Township * Butler Township - south, west of Franklin Township * Washington Township - southwest * Liberty Township - northwest The city of Celina, the county seat of Mercer County, is located in central Jefferson Township, and Grand Lake St. Marys occupies the township's southeastern quarter. Name and history Jefferson Township was organized around 1839. It is one of twenty-four Jefferson Townships statewide. Government The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Center Township, Mercer County, Ohio
Center Township is one of the fourteen civil township, townships of Mercer County, Ohio, Mercer County, Ohio, United States. The United States Census, 2020, 2020 census found 1,099 people in the township. Geography Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships: *Union Township, Mercer County, Ohio, Union Township - north *Salem Township, Auglaize County, Ohio, Salem Township, Auglaize County - northeast *Noble Township, Auglaize County, Ohio, Noble Township, Auglaize County - southeast *Jefferson Township, Mercer County, Ohio, Jefferson Township - south *Hopewell Township, Mercer County, Ohio, Hopewell Township - west *Dublin Township, Mercer County, Ohio, Dublin Township - northwest corner A small part of the city of Celina, Ohio, Celina, the county seat of Mercer County, is located in southern Center Township. Name and history Center Township was organized in 1834. It is one of nine Center Township, Ohio (other), Center Townships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Township, Mercer County, Ohio
Union Township is one of the 14 townships of Mercer County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,330 people in the township. Geography Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships: * York Township, Van Wert County - north * Jennings Township, Van Wert County - northeast * Salem Township, Auglaize County - southeast * Center Township - south * Hopewell Township - southwest * Dublin Township - west * Liberty Township, Van Wert County - northwest The village of Mendon is located in central Union Township. Name and history Union Township was organized in 1828. It is one of 27 Union 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] |
Dublin Township, Mercer County, Ohio
Dublin Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mercer County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 2,132 people in the township. Geography Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Liberty Township, Van Wert County - north * York Township, Van Wert County - northeast corner * Union Township - east * Center Township - southeast corner * Hopewell Township - south * Liberty Township - southwest corner * Black Creek Township - west * Willshire Township, Van Wert County - northwest corner The village of Rockford is located in central Dublin Township. Name and history Dublin Township was organized in 1824. It is the only Dublin 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. The ... [...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] |
Mercer County, Ohio
Mercer County is located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 42,528. Its county seat is Celina, Ohio, Celina. The county was created in 1820 and later organized in 1824. It is List of Ohio county name etymologies, named for Hugh Mercer, an officer in the American Revolutionary War. Mercer County comprises the Celina, Ohio Micropolitan statistical area, Micropolitan Statistical Area History Mercer County was created in 1820 from land that had been attached to Darke County, Ohio, Darke and Shelby County, Ohio, Shelby counties. Land south of the Treaty of Greenville, Greenville Treaty Line was still part of Darke County. An act establishing and fully organizing Mercer County took place on January 2, 1824. In 1837 Van Wert County, Ohio, Van Wert County was detached and the county line established is the current northern border of Mercer County. In 1839 Celina was established as the county seat, seat of Mercer County; S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
