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Oxford Township, Erie County, Ohio
Oxford Township is one of the nine townships of Erie County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Sandusky, Ohio micropolitan statistical area and the Cleveland-Akron-Canton Combined Statistical Area. The 2020 census recorded 1,140 residents. A small section of NASA Glenn Research Center's Plum Brook Station facility is located in Oxford Township. Most notably, the Space Power Facility (SPF)---the world's largest thermal vacuum chamber---is located in the northeastern corner of the township. Geography Located in the southwestern part of Erie County, it borders the following townships: * Perkins Township - north * Huron Township - northeast * Milan Township - east * Norwalk Township, Huron County - southeast * Ridgefield Township, Huron County - south * Lyme Township, Huron County - southwest * Groton Township - west * Margaretta Township - northwest No municipalities are located in Oxford Township, although the unincorporated community of Bloomingville lies in the ... [...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, most often in the northern and midwestern parts of the country. The term town is used in New England, New York, and 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 autonomy vary based on each state. Civil townships are distinct from survey townships, but in states that have both, the boundaries often coincide and may completely geographically subdivide a county. The U.S. Census Bureau classifies civil townships as minor civil divisions. Currently, there are 20 states with civil townships. Township functions are generally overseen by a governing board (the name varies from state to state) and a clerk, trustee, or mayor (in New Jersey and the metro townships of Utah). Township officers frequently include justice of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plum Brook Station
NASA John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field is a NASA center within the cities of Brook Park and Cleveland between Cleveland Hopkins International Airport and the Rocky River Reservation of Cleveland Metroparks, with a subsidiary facility in Sandusky, Ohio. Its acting director is James A. Kenyon. Glenn Research Center is one of ten major NASA facilities, whose primary mission is to develop science and technology for use in aeronautics and space. , it employed about 1,650 civil servants and 1,850 support contractors on or near its site. In 2010, the formerly on-site NASA Visitors Center moved to the Great Lakes Science Center in the North Coast Harbor area of downtown Cleveland. History The installation was established in 1942 as part of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) and was later incorporated into the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as a laboratory for aircraft engine research. It was first named the Aircraft Engine Researc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connecticut Western Reserve
The Connecticut Western Reserve was a portion of land claimed by the Colony of Connecticut and later by the state of Connecticut in what is now mostly the northeastern region of Ohio. The Reserve had been granted to the Colony under the terms of its charter by King Charles II. Connecticut relinquished its claim to some of its western lands to the United States in 1786 following the American Revolutionary War and preceding the 1787 establishment of the Northwest Territory. Despite ceding sovereignty to the United States, Connecticut retained ownership of the eastern portion of its cession, south of Lake Erie. It sold much of this "Western Reserve" to a group of speculators who operated as the Connecticut Land Company; they sold it in portions for development by new settlers. The phrase Western Reserve is preserved in numerous institutional names in Ohio, such as Western Reserve Academy, Case Western Reserve University, and Western Reserve Hospital. In the 19th century, the West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Firelands
The Firelands, or Sufferers' Lands, tract was located at the western end of the Connecticut Western Reserve in what is now the U.S. state of Ohio. It was legislatively established in 1792, as the "Sufferers' Lands", and later became named "Fire Lands" because the resale of the land was intended as financial restitution for residents of the Connecticut towns of Danbury, Fairfield, Greenwich, Groton, New Haven, New London, Norwalk, and Ridgefield. Their homes had been burned in 1779 and 1781 by British forces during the American Revolutionary War. However, most of the settlement of the area did not occur until after the War of 1812. "Fire Lands" was later spelled as one word: "Firelands." History In 1792 the Connecticut legislature set aside 500,000 acres (2,000 km2), at the western end of the "Western Reserve" for the Connecticut "Sufferers". The area consisted of nearly all of the present-day Huron and Erie counties, as well as Danbury Township (Marblehead Peninsula) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloomingville, Ohio
Bloomingville is an unincorporated community in northern Oxford Township, Erie County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Sandusky Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bloomingville is located at the intersection of Mason Road and Patten Tract Road. The Oxford Grange Hall located where Taylor Road forks off from Mason was the center of community life for many years. The compact community consisted primarily of farmhouses clustered near the main intersection. Many of the farmhouses had working farms adjoining them or nearby. To the northeast lay an unused tract of 9,000 acres (36 km) that had been the site of a World War II munitions factory. In 1957, NASA acquired part of this tract for its Plum Brook Station and by 1963 had acquired the rest of the tract to build additional facilities there. In 1984 a large golf course called Woussickett opened on Mason Road, west of Patten Tract Road. The Erie Sand Barrens State Nature Preserve is located 1.4 miles east-northeast of Bloo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unincorporated Area
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have no unincorporated areas at all or these are very rare: typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or List of uninhabited regions, uninhabited areas. By country Argentina In Argentina, the provinces of Chubut Province, Chubut, Córdoba Province (Argentina), Córdoba, Entre Ríos Province, Entre Ríos, Formosa Province, Formosa, Neuquén Province, Neuquén, Río Negro Province, Río Negro, San Luis Province, San Luis, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, Santa Cruz, Santiago del Estero Province, Santiago del Estero, Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, and Tucumán Province, Tucumán have areas that are outside any municipality or commune. Australia Unlike many other countries, Australia has only local government in Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaretta Township, Erie County, Ohio
Margaretta Township is one of the nine townships of Erie County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Sandusky, Ohio metropolitan statistical area. As of the 2010 census the population was 5,981, 4,497 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. Geography Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships and city: * Portage Township, Ottawa County - north across Sandusky Bay, west of Danbury Township * Danbury Township, Ottawa County - north across Sandusky Bay, east of Portage Township * Sandusky - northeast * Perkins Township - east * Oxford Township - southeast corner * Groton Township - south * Townsend Township, Sandusky County - southwest * Riley Township, Sandusky County - west across Sandusky Bay * Bay Township, Ottawa County - northwest across Sandusky Bay The farthest north and west township in Erie County, Margaretta Township is the only county township with any border on Ottawa County. Two villages are located i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Groton Township, Erie County, Ohio
Groton Township is one of the nine townships of Erie County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Sandusky, Ohio metropolitan statistical area. As of the 2020 census the population was 1,379. Geography Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships: * Margaretta Township - north * Perkins Township - northeast corner * Oxford Township - east * Ridgefield Township, Huron County - southeast corner * Lyme Township, Huron County - south * York Township, Sandusky County - west * Townsend Township, Sandusky County - northwest A small corner of the city of Bellevue is located in southwestern Groton Township. Name and history It is the only Groton 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. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyme Township, Huron County, Ohio
Lyme Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census the population of the township was 853, down from 968 at the 2000 census. Geography Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships: * Groton Township, Erie County - north * Oxford Township, Erie County - northeast corner * Ridgefield Township - east * Peru Township - southeast corner * Sherman Township - south * Thompson Township, Seneca County - southwest * York Township, Sandusky County - northwest It is the only township in the county to border Sandusky County. The city of Bellevue borders the northwestern portion of Lyme Township, and the unincorporated community of Hunts Corners lies in the township's southeastern corner. Name and history It is the only Lyme Township statewide. Settlement of Lyme Township began in 1808. Three years later, the "Sutton Settlement" (now Hunts Corners) was established in the southeastern portion of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ridgefield Township, Huron County, Ohio
Ridgefield Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 2,197. Geography Located on the northern edge of the county, it borders the following townships: * Oxford Township, Erie County - north * Milan Township, Erie County - northeast corner * Norwalk Township - east * Bronson Township - southeast corner * Peru Township - south * Sherman Township - southwest corner * Lyme Township - west * Groton Township, Erie County - northwest corner The Village of Monroeville is located approximately in the center of the township. A portion of the City of Norwalk, the county seat of Huron County, is presently located within the eastern boundary of the township due to annexation of the Sycamore Hills development. Name and history Ridgefield Township was organized in 1815. It is the only Ridgefield Township statewide. Government The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in Novemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwalk Township, Huron County, Ohio
Norwalk Township is one of the nineteen townships of Huron County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population of the township was 3,451. Geography Located on the northern edge of the county, it borders the following townships: * Milan Township, Erie County - north * Berlin Township, Erie County - northeast corner * Townsend Township - east * Hartland Township - southeast corner * Bronson Township - south * Peru Township - southwest corner * Ridgefield Township - west * Oxford Township, Erie County - northwest corner Two municipalities are located in Norwalk Township: most of the city of Norwalk — the county seat of Huron County — occupying the majority of the township, and part of the village of Milan in the north. Name and history Norwalk Township was named after Norwalk, Connecticut. It is the only Norwalk 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 f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan Township, Erie County, Ohio
Milan Township is one of the nine townships of Erie County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Sandusky, Ohio metropolitan statistical area, which is also the county seat of Erie County. As of the 2020 census 3,580 people lived in the township. Geography Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Huron Township - north * Berlin Township - east * Townsend Township, Huron County - southeast corner * Norwalk Township, Huron County - south * Ridgefield Township, Huron County - southwest corner * Oxford Township - west * Perkins Township - northwest corner The village of Milan is located in southern Milan Township, and the unincorporated community of Avery (formerly 'Spears Corners'), formerly the center of the township's life, lies in the township's west. Name and history In 1787, the village of "Petquotting"/"New Salem" was established by the Moravian Indians (about north of present Milan village); they abandoned this village by 1791, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
