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Salem Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
Salem Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,673 people in the township, 1,121 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. History Salem Township derives its name from the town of the same name mentioned in the Bible. The settlement of Salem, among the first in the Northwest Territory, was founded by a group of Moravian Christians, both European and Native American (Christian Munsee and Christian Mohican), led by the Christian missionary John Heckewelder John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder (March 12, 1743 – January 21, 1823) was an American missionary for the Moravian Church. Biography John Heckewelder was born in Bedford, England and came to Pennsylvania in 1754. After finishing his education, .... It is one of fourteen Salem Townships statewide. Geography Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Jefferson Township - north * Clay Towns ...
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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 ...
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Northwest Territory
The Northwest Territory, also known as the Old Northwest and formally known as the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, was formed from unorganized western territory of the United States after the American Revolutionary War. Established in 1787 by the Congress of the Confederation through the Northwest Ordinance, it was the nation's first post-colonial organized incorporated territory. At the time of its creation, the territory included all the land west of Pennsylvania, northwest of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River below the Great Lakes, and what later became known as the Boundary Waters. The region was ceded to the United States in the Treaty of Paris of 1783. Throughout the Revolutionary War, the region was part of the British Province of Quebec. It spanned all or large parts of six eventual U.S. states (Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and the northeastern part of Minnesota). Reduced to present-day Ohio, eastern Michigan and a sliver of sout ...
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Townships In Tuscarawas County, Ohio
A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canada, Scotland and parts of the United States, the term refers to settlements too small or scattered to be considered urban. Australia ''The Australian National Dictionary'' defines ''township'' as: "A site reserved for and laid out as a town; such a site at an early stage of its occupation and development; a small town". The term refers purely to the settlement; it does not refer to a unit of government. Townships are governed as part of a larger council (such as that of a shire, district or city) or authority. Canada In Canada, two kinds of township occur in common use. *In Eastern Canada, a township is one form of the subdivision of a county. In Canadian French, this is a . Townships are referred to as "lots" in Prince Edward I ...
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Port Washington, Ohio
Port Washington is a village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The population was 569 at the 2010 census. History Port Washington was originally called Salisbury, and under the latter name was laid out in 1827. A post office called Port Washington has been in operation since 1832. Geography Port Washington is located at (40.327467, -81.520096), along the Tuscarawas River.DeLorme (1991). ''Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. . According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 569 people, 209 households, and 164 families living in the village. The population density was . There were 232 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 97.7% White, 0.2% Asian, 1.8% from other races, and 0.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.8% of the population. There were 209 households, of which 38.8% had c ...
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Adams Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
Adams Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 765. Geography Located in the far eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Bucks Township, Tuscarawas County - north * Jefferson Township, Tuscarawas County - northeast corner * Salem Township, Tuscarawas County - east * Oxford Township, Tuscarawas County - southeast corner * Oxford Township - south * Lafayette Township - southwest corner * White Eyes Township - west * Crawford Township - northwest corner No municipalities are located in Adams Township, although the unincorporated community of Bakersville lies in the northeastern part of the township. Name and history The Township was organized in 1832. It is one of ten Adams 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 Januar ...
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Oxford Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
Oxford Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census reported 1,554 people living in the township. Geography Located in the far eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Adams Township - north * Salem Township, Tuscarawas County - northeast corner * Oxford Township, Tuscarawas County - east * Wheeling Township, Guernsey County - southeast * Linton Township - southwest * Lafayette Township - west * White Eyes Township - northwest corner No municipalities are located in Oxford Township. Name and history It is one of six Oxford Townships statewide. Oxford Township was organized in 1811. The Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway had a depot in Oxford Township at Oxford near the center of the township. 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 electe ...
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Oxford Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
Oxford Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,133 people in the township, 1,125 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. Geography Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships: * Salem Township - north * Washington Township - east * Monroe Township, Guernsey County - southeast corner * Wheeling Township, Guernsey County - south * Oxford Township, Coshocton County - west * Adams Township, Coshocton County - northwest corner The village of Newcomerstown Newcomerstown is a village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States, east-northeast of Columbus. In the late 1770s, this was the largest Delaware Indian village on the Tuscarawas River, with 700 residents. Chief Newcomer (''Netawatwes'') was ... is located in northern Oxford Township. Name and history It is one of six Oxford Townships statewide. Government The township is governed by a three ...
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Washington Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
Washington Township is one of the twenty-two civil township, townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The United States Census, 2000, 2000 census found 762 people in the township. Geography Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships: *Clay Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Clay Township - north *Rush Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Rush Township - northeast corner *Perry Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Perry Township - east *Monroe Township, Guernsey County, Ohio, Monroe Township, Guernsey County - south *Wheeling Township, Guernsey County, Ohio, Wheeling Township, Guernsey County - southwest corner *Oxford Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Oxford Township - west *Salem Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Salem Township - northwest No municipalities are located in Washington Township. Name and history It is one of forty-three Washington Township, Ohio (other), Washington Townships statewide. ...
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Clay Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
Clay Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,981 people in the township, 721 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. Geography Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships: * York Township - north * Warwick Township - northeast * Rush Township - east * Perry Township - southeast corner * Washington Township - south * Salem Township - southwest * Jefferson Township - northwest Part of the village of Gnadenhutten is located in eastern Clay Township. Clay Township contains the unincorporated locale of Lock Seventeen., named for its location at the seventeenth lock of the Ohio Canal The Ohio and Erie Canal was a canal constructed during the 1820s and early 1830s in Ohio. It connected Akron with the Cuyahoga River near its outlet on Lake Erie in Cleveland, and a few years later, with the Ohio River near Portsmouth. It also .... Name and history It is ...
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Jefferson Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
Jefferson Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ..., United States. The 2020 census found 958 people in the township,. Geography Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships: * York Township - northeast * Clay Township - southeast * Salem Township - south * Adams Township, Coshocton County - southwest corner * Bucks Township - west * Auburn Township - northwest The village of Stone Creek is located in central Jefferson Township. Name and history 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 odd-numbered years to a four-year term beginning on the fo ...
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Salem Township, Ohio (other)
Salem Township, Ohio may refer to: *Salem Township, Auglaize County, Ohio *Salem Township, Champaign County, Ohio *Salem Township, Columbiana County, Ohio *Salem Township, Highland County, Ohio *Salem Township, Jefferson County, Ohio *Salem Township, Meigs County, Ohio *Salem Township, Monroe County, Ohio *Salem Township, Muskingum County, Ohio *Salem Township, Ottawa County, Ohio *Salem Township, Shelby County, Ohio *Salem Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio *Salem Township, Warren County, Ohio *Salem Township, Washington County, Ohio *Salem Township, Wyandot County, Ohio {{Geodis Ohio township disambiguation pages ...
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John Heckewelder
John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder (March 12, 1743 – January 21, 1823) was an American missionary for the Moravian Church. Biography John Heckewelder was born in Bedford, England and came to Pennsylvania in 1754. After finishing his education, he was apprenticed to a cooper. Following a visit to Ohio with Christian F. Post, a colonial agent, in 1762 he began temporary employment in the Moravian missions at Friedenshütten and Sheshequin, Pennsylvania. In 1771, he entered upon his actual career as an evangelist to the Indians, being appointed assistant to David Zeisberger, in Ohio, where he remained for fifteen years. In 1792, at the request of the Secretary of War, he accompanied Gen. Rufus Putnam to Post Vincennes to treat with the Indians. In 1793 he was again commissioned to assist at a treaty with the Indians of the lakes. In his book, Heckewelder explained the beliefs of the Delaware Lenape, that the creator "made the Earth and all that it contains for the common good ...
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