Wheeling Township is one of the sixteen
townships
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
of
Belmont County, Ohio
Belmont County is a County (United States), county located in the eastern end of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 66,497. Its county seat is St. Clairsville, Ohio, St. Clairsville, while its larges ...
, United States. The
2020 census recorded 1,604 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Short Creek Township, Harrison County - north
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Mount Pleasant Township, Jefferson County - northeast corner
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Colerain Township - east
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Richland Township - southeast
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Union Township - southwest
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Flushing Township - west
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Athens Township, Harrison County - northwest
No municipalities are located in Wheeling Township, although the
unincorporated community
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of
Fairpoint
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lies in the township's east.
Name and history
Wheeling Township was organised in 1808. Wheeling Township took its name from its largest waterway,
Wheeling Creek. From its source west of
Lafferty and south of
Flushing, Wheeling Creek winds along the southern regions of Wheeling Township, through and near communities such as Oco,
Bannock, Crabapple,
Flushing and Blainesville. Wheeling Creek has several tributary creeks that flow through the township, including Crabapple Creek, which begins just west of the township's boundary, Campbell Run, a tributary of Crabapple Creek, McCracken Run, meeting Wheeling Creek in Fairpoint, Love's Run, whose confluence is just east of Fairpoint and Cox Run, which flows into the creek in Blainesville.
Wheeling Township was known for its large production of
wheat
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, which was processed by one of the many
gristmills that once existed, and shipped to
New Orleans
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.
Statewide, the only other Wheeling Township is located in
Guernsey County.
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 1 January. 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
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 o ...
. Accessed 30 April 2009. who serves a four-year term beginning on 1 April 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
County website
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Townships in Belmont County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio
1808 establishments in Ohio