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Mill Creek Township, Williams County, Ohio
Mill Creek Township is one of the twelve townships of Williams County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 752 people in the township. Geography Located in the northeastern corner of the county along the Michigan state line, it borders the following townships: *Wright Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan - north * Gorham Township, Fulton County - east * Franklin Township, Fulton County - southeast * Brady Township - south * Jefferson Township - southwest * Madison Township - west * Amboy Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan - northwest The census-designated place of Alvordton is located in central Mill Creek Township. The township lies within the Toledo Strip, a contested ribbon of land over which Ohio and Michigan came to blows in an 1835–36 confrontation known as the Toledo War. Name and history Mill Creek Township was organized in 1835, and named after Mill Creek. Statewide, the only other Mill Creek Township is located in Coshocton County, although there is a M ... [...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] |
Jefferson Township, Williams County, Ohio
Jefferson Township is one of the twelve townships of Williams County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,814 people in the township. Geography Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Madison Township - north * Mill Creek Township - northeast * Brady Township - east * Springfield Township - southeast corner * Pulaski Township - south * Center Township - southwest * Superior Township - west It is one of only two county townships (the other being Superior Township) without a border on another county. The villages of Holiday City, the smallest village in Williams County, is located in northwestern Jefferson Township, as is a small part of the village of Montpelier. Name and history Jefferson Township was named for Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States. It is one of twenty-four Jefferson Townships statewide. Government The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of o ... [...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] |
Hamilton County, Ohio
Hamilton County is located in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 830,639, making it the List of counties in Ohio, third-most populous county in Ohio. The county seat and most populous city is Cincinnati. The county is List of Ohio county name etymologies, named for the first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton County is part of the Cincinnati metropolitan area, Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The southern portion of Hamilton County was originally owned and surveyed by John Cleves Symmes, and the region was a part of the Symmes Purchase. The first settlers rafted down the Ohio River in 1788 following the American Revolutionary War. They established the towns of History of Cincinnati#Losantiville, Losantiville (later Cincinnati), North Bend, Ohio, North Bend, and Columbia Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, Columbia. Hamilton County was org ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millcreek Township, Hamilton County, Ohio
Millcreek Township (or Mill Creek Township) is a survey township in south-central Hamilton County, Ohio, that also existed as a civil township from 1810 until 1943. Once the most important township in the county, it was largely absorbed by Cincinnati and its suburbs, nominally remaining as a paper township from 1943 until 1953. It was abolished when the rest of its unincorporated territory, consisting of Wesleyan Cemetery, became part of Cincinnati. As the original survey township covers a large portion of present-day Cincinnati, references to it are frequently encountered by genealogists. Name Millcreek Township is named after Mill Creek, which runs through it. Statewide, other Millcreek Townships are located in Coshocton, Union, and Williams counties. History In 1809, residents of Cincinnati Township and Springfield Township successfully petitioned the Hamilton County Board of County Commissioners to form a new township corresponding to fractional range two, township ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union County, Ohio
Union County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 62,784. Its county seat is Marysville. Its name is reflective of its origins, being the union of portions of Franklin, Delaware, Madison, and Logan counties. Union County is part of the Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Early history Union County has been under the rule of three countries in its history: France, England, and the present-day United States. It was discovered by the French explorer La Salle, along with traders and missionaries who accompanied him. After the French and Indian War, the Treaty of Paris of 1763 placed the area under British rule. Following the American Revolution, in 1783, the area would eventually become known as the Northwest Territory and part of the United States. After the American Revolution, former soldiers from New England poured into Ohio after being granted land by the government. They surveyed the land, and sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millcreek Township, Union County, Ohio
Millcreek Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,332 people in the township. Geography Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Dover Township - north * Scioto Township, Delaware County - northeast * Concord Township, Delaware County - east * Jerome Township - south * Darby Township - southwest * Paris Township - northwest A small part of the city of Marysville, the county seat of Union County, is located in western Millcreek Township. Name and history Millcreek Township was organized in the early 1820s, and named after Mill Creek. It is the only Millcreek Township remaining statewide, after the abolition of the one in Hamilton County, although there are Mill Creek Townships in Coshocton and Williams counties. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mill Creek Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
Mill Creek Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The population as of the 2020 census was 1,032, up from 932 at the previous census. Geography Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Mechanic Township, Holmes County - north * Clark Township, Holmes County - northeast corner * Crawford Township - east * White Eyes Township - southeast corner * Keene Township - south * Bethlehem Township - southwest corner * Clark Township - west No municipalities are located in Mill Creek Township. Demographics According to the 2020 "ACS 5-Year Estimates Data Profiles", 37.3% of the township's population spoke only English, while 62.7 spoke an "other han SpanishIndo-European language" (basically Pennsylvania German/ German). Name and history Statewide, other Mill Creek Townships are located in Union and Williams counties and formerly in Hamilton County. Mill Creek Township was organized in July, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bryan Times
''The Bryan Times'' is a daily newspaper based in Bryan, Ohio Bryan is a city in, and the county seat of, Williams County, Ohio, United States. It is located in the state's northwestern corner, southwest of Toledo, Ohio, Toledo. The population was 8,729 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Histo .... It came into being on February 2, 1949, as a result of a merger of ''The Bryan Democrat'' and ''The Bryan Press''. On September 12, 1949, it became a daily newspaper delivered six days per week, Monday through Saturday. History ''The Bryan Press'', a weekly newspaper, had its roots in the ''Republican Standard'' of 1854 and the twice-weekly ''Bryan Democrat'' which began in 1863. ''The Bryan Democrat'', founded by Robert N. Patterson, held its name through 1949 while the forerunners of ''The Bryan Press'' went through a series of name changes until 1869. At the time of the merger ''The Bryan Press'' was owned by Paul Van Gundy and Howard Carvin. In 1923 Cass Cullis came ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toledo War
The Toledo War (1835–1836), also known as the Michigan–Ohio War or Ohio–Michigan War, was a boundary dispute between the U.S. state of Ohio and the adjoining territory of Michigan over what is now known as the Toledo Strip. Control of the mouth of the Maumee River and the inland shipping opportunities it represented, and the good farmland to the west, were seen by both parties as valuable economic assets. Poor geographical understanding of the Great Lakes helped produce conflicting state and federal legislation between 1787 and 1805, and varying interpretations of the laws led the governments of Ohio and Michigan to both claim jurisdiction over a region along their border. The situation came to a head when Michigan petitioned for statehood in 1835 and sought to include the disputed territory within its boundaries. Both sides passed legislation attempting to force the other side's capitulation, and Ohio's Governor Robert Lucas and Michigan's 24-year-old "Boy Governor" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timeline Of The Toledo Strip
The following is timeline of events surrounding the Toledo War, a mostly bloodless conflict between the State of Ohio and the Michigan Territory in 1835–36, over a disputed region along their common border, now known as the Toledo Strip after its major city. Background history 1700s 1780s *1787: The Northwest Ordinance, also known as the ''Ordinance of 1787'', established the boundary for possible future states in the Northwest Territory as "an east-west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan." 1800s *1802: Congress restated the Ordinance Line of 1787 as Ohio's northern boundary, in the Enabling Act of 1802, which allowed Ohio to become a state. Ohio petitions to gain statehood, and the northern boundary is set by the Ohio constitution as the Ordinance Line of 1787 with one proviso: If the line intersected Lake Erie to the east of the mouth of the Maumee River, then "with the assent of Congress of the United States, the northern boundary of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alvordton, Ohio
Alvordton is a census-designated place in central Mill Creek Township, Williams County, Ohio, Mill Creek Township, Williams County, Ohio, Williams County, Ohio, United States. The population was 200 at the United States Census, 2020, 2020 census. History Alvordton had its start when the railroad was extended to that point. Alvordton was platted in 1881 by Henry D. Alvord, and named for him. A post office has been in operation at Alvordton since 1881. The community incorporated as a village in 1891. Municipal status continued until 2007, when voters overwhelmingly approved a measure to disincorporate. In 2010, the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau listed Alvordton as a census-designated place. Geography According to the 2010 census, the CDP has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 305 people, 102 households, and 72 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 115 housing units at an average ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
