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Franklin Township, Ross County, Ohio
Franklin Township is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,439 people in the township. Geography Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Liberty Township – northeast * Jefferson Township – east * Jackson Township, Pike County – southeast * Pee Pee Township, Pike County – southwest * Huntington Township – west * Scioto Township – northwest No municipalities are located in Franklin Township. Name and history It is one of twenty-one Franklin 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 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, [...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] |
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] |
Franklin Township, Ohio (other)
Franklin Township, Ohio, may refer to: * Franklin Township, Adams County, Ohio * Franklin Township, Brown County, Ohio * Franklin Township, Clermont County, Ohio * Franklin Township, Columbiana County, Ohio * Franklin Township, Coshocton County, Ohio * Franklin Township, Darke County, Ohio * Franklin Township, Franklin County, Ohio * Franklin Township, Fulton County, Ohio *Franklin Township, Harrison County, Ohio * Franklin Township, Jackson County, Ohio * Franklin Township, Licking County, Ohio * Franklin Township, Mercer County, Ohio * Franklin Township, Monroe County, Ohio * Franklin Township, Morrow County, Ohio * Franklin Township, Portage County, Ohio *Franklin Township, Richland County, Ohio * Franklin Township, Ross County, Ohio *Franklin Township, Shelby County, Ohio Franklin Township is one of the fourteen civil township, townships of Shelby County, Ohio, Shelby County, Ohio, United States. The United States Census, 2020, 2020 census found 3,457 people in the township. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scioto Township, Ross County, Ohio
Scioto Township is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 27,876 people in the township. Geography Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Springfield Township - northeast * Liberty Township - southeast * Franklin Township - south * Huntington Township - southwest * Twin Township - west * Union Township - northwest Much of central Scioto Township is occupied by the city of Chillicothe, the county seat of Ross County, while some of the area that remains is occupied by the census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ... of North Fork Village. Name and history It is one of five Scioto Townships statewide. Government The township is governed by a three-member bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huntington Township, Ross County, Ohio
Huntington Township is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 6,069 people in the township. Geography Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Scioto Township - north * Franklin Township - east * Pee Pee Township, Pike County - southeast * Pebble Township, Pike County - south * Twin Township - west No municipalities are located in Huntington Township, although two unincorporated communities are located there: Denver in the south, and Knockemstiff in the northeast. Name and history Statewide, other Huntington Townships are located in Brown, Gallia, and Lorain 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 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 fisc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pee Pee Township, Pike County, Ohio
Pee Pee Township is one of the fourteen townships of Pike County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 7,392 people in the township, including 4,165 people in the village of Waverly, and 3,227 in the unincorporated portions of the township. It is noted for having an unusual name. Geography Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Franklin Township, Ross County – northeast * Jackson Township – east * Seal Township – southeast * Newton Township – southwest * Pebble Township – west * Huntington Township, Ross County – northwest The village of Waverly, the county seat of Pike County, is located in eastern Pee Pee Township. The Lake White State Park is also located in this township. Pee Pee Township is in size, including of water and within the village limits of Waverly. History Pee Pee Township was organized in 1798 as the first township in Pike County. The township's unusual name has been attributed to the Pee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackson Township, Pike County, Ohio
Jackson Township is one of the fourteen townships of Pike County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,170 people in the township. Geography Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships: * Jefferson Township, Ross County - north * Jackson Township, Jackson County - northeast * Liberty Township, Jackson County - southeast * Beaver Township - south * Seal Township - southwest * Pee Pee Township - west * Franklin Township, Ross County - northwest No municipalities are located in Jackson Township. Name and history It is one of thirty-seven Jackson Townships statewide. Race relations The eastern part of Jackson Township is unique among American communities due to a large number of white passing mixed-race individuals who choose to identify as African American. 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 J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jefferson Township, Ross County, Ohio
Jefferson Township is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,064 people in the township. Geography Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships: * Liberty Township - north * Harrison Township, Vinton County - northeast * Jackson Township, Pike County - southeast * Jackson Township, Jackson County - southwest * Franklin Township - west No municipalities are located in Jefferson Township, although the unincorporated community of Richmond Dale lies in the township's center. 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 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, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberty Township, Ross County, Ohio
Liberty Township is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 2,623 people in the township. Geography Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Harrison Township - north * Eagle Township, Vinton County - northeast * Harrison Township, Vinton County - southeast * Jefferson Township - south * Scioto Township - southwest * Franklin Township - west * Springfield Township - northwest No municipalities are located in Liberty Township, although the unincorporated community of Londonderry lies in the township's center. Name and history It is one of twenty-five Liberty 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 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 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geographic Names Information System
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and location information about more than two million physical and cultural features, encompassing the United States and its territories; the Compact of Free Association, associated states of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau; and Antarctica. It is a type of gazetteer. It was developed by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) to promote the standardization of feature names. Data were collected in two phases. Although a third phase was considered, which would have handled name changes where local usages differed from maps, it was never begun. The database is part of a system that includes topographic map names and bibliographic references. The names of books and historic maps that confirm the feature or place name are cited. Variant names, alternatives to official federal names for a feature, are also recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Higby House
Higby is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Higby (baseball), American baseball player *Lawrence Higby, American businessman and political activist * Lynn Carlton Higby (1938 – 1992), former United States federal judge *Mary Higby Schweitzer Mary Higby Schweitzer is an American paleontologist at North Carolina State University, who led the groups that discovered the remains of blood cells in dinosaur fossils and later discovered soft tissue remains in the ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' specime ..., paleontologist at North Carolina State University * Morgan Higby Night (born 1970), American writer, director, producer, and DJ * Wayne Higby (born 1943), American artist working in ceramics * Wilbur Higby (1867 – 1934), American actor * William Higby (1813 – 1887), United States Representative from California * William Eugene Higby, 29th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado See also * Higby, Ohio * Higby, Roane County, West Virginia * Higbee (other) {{surnam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
