Amanda Township is one of the seventeen
townships
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of
Hancock County,
Ohio
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, United States. As of the
2010 census, the township population was 1,024,
665 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
Geography
Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Biglick Township – north
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Ridge Township, Wyandot County – east
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Richland Township, Wyandot County – southeast
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Delaware Township – southwest
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Jackson Township – west
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Marion Township – northwest
The village of
Vanlue is located in northeastern Amanda Township.
Name and history
Statewide, other Amanda Townships are located in
Allen Allen, Allen's or Allens may refer to:
Buildings
* Allen Arena, an indoor arena at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee
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and
Fairfield counties.
Amanda Township was first settled on February 25, 1822, by Thomas Thompson.
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: Warner, Beers, 1886, p. 357 Thompson built a cabin in 1823 and planted the township's first crop that year. He brought his family to the township from
Pickaway County
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in 1824.
In 1829, Thompson became Hancock County's first Justice of the Peace. Thompson lived in Amanda Township until his death in Vanlue on October 26, 1873.
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,
§503.24§505.01
an
§507.01
of the Ohio Revised Code
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. Accessed 4/30/2009. who serves a four-year term beginning on April 1 of the year after the election, which is held in November of the year before the presidential election. Vacancies in the fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.
References
External links
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Townships in Hancock County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio