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Washington Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
Washington Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio Ohio () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Of the List of states and territories of the United States, fifty U.S. states, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 34th-l ..., United States. The 2000 census found 762 people in the township. Geography Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Clay Township - north * Rush Township - northeast corner * Perry Township - east * Monroe Township, Guernsey County - south * Wheeling Township, Guernsey County - southwest corner * Oxford Township - west * Salem Township - northwest No municipalities are located in Washington Township. Name and history It is one of forty-three Washington Townships statewide. Washington Township was organized in 1827. Government The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in ... [...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 just ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washington Township, Ohio (other)
Washington Township, Ohio may refer to: * Washington Township, Auglaize County, Ohio * Washington Township, Belmont County, Ohio * Washington Township, Brown County, Ohio * Washington Township, Carroll County, Ohio * Washington Township, Clermont County, Ohio *Washington Township, Clinton County, Ohio * Washington Township, Columbiana County, Ohio *Washington Township, Coshocton County, Ohio *Washington Township, Darke County, Ohio *Washington Township, Defiance County, Ohio * Washington Township, Franklin County, Ohio *Washington Township, Guernsey County, Ohio *Washington Township, Hancock County, Ohio *Washington Township, Hardin County, Ohio * Washington Township, Harrison County, Ohio * Washington Township, Henry County, Ohio * Washington Township, Highland County, Ohio *Washington Township, Hocking County, Ohio * Washington Township, Holmes County, Ohio *Washington Township, Jackson County, Ohio * Washington Township, Lawrence County, Ohio * Washington Township, Licking County, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Bible (from Koine Greek , , 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, and many other religions. The Bible is an anthologya compilation of texts o .... 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. 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 To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxford Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
Oxford Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio Ohio () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Of the List of states and territories of the United States, fifty U.S. states, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 34th-l ..., 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 is located in northern Oxford Township. Name and history It is one of six Oxford Townships statewide. Government The township is governed by a thre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wheeling Township, Guernsey County, Ohio
Wheeling Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 686, down from 752 at the 2000 census. Geography Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships: * Oxford Township, Tuscarawas County - north * Washington Township, Tuscarawas County - northeast corner * Monroe Township - east * Liberty Township - southeast * Knox Township - southwest * Linton Township, Coshocton County - west * Oxford Township, Coshocton County - northwest No municipalities are located in Wheeling Township. Name and history Wheeling Township was established in 1810. Statewide, the only other Wheeling Township is located in Belmont 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 January 1. Two are elected in the year after the presidential election and one is elected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monroe Township, Guernsey County, Ohio
Monroe Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 730. Geography Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Washington Township, Tuscarawas County - north * Perry Township, Tuscarawas County - northeast * Washington Township - east * Madison Township - southeast corner * Jefferson Township - south * Liberty Township - southwest * Wheeling Township - west * Oxford Township, Tuscarawas County - northwest corner No municipalities are located in Monroe Township, although the unincorporated community of Birmingham lies in the township's southeast. Name and history Monroe Township was established in 1818. It is one of twenty-two Monroe 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 aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perry Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
Perry Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio Ohio () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Of the List of states and territories of the United States, fifty U.S. states, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 34th-l ..., United States. The 2010 census found 462 people in the township. Geography Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships: * Rush Township - north * Washington Township, Harrison County - northeast * Freeport Township, Harrison County - southeast * Washington Township, Guernsey County - south * Monroe Township, Guernsey County - southwest * Washington Township - west * Clay Township - northwest corner No municipalities are located in Perry Township. Name and history It is one of twenty-six Perry Townships statewide. Government The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in Novembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rush Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
Rush Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 867 people in the township. Geography Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Mill Township - north * Franklin Township, Harrison County - east * Washington Township, Harrison County - southeast * Perry Township - south * Washington Township - southwest corner * Clay Township - west * Warwick Township - northwest Part of the village of Gnadenhutten is located in northwestern Rush Township, and the unincorporated community of Stillwater lies in the eastern part of the township. Name and history Statewide, other Rush Townships are located in Champaign Champaign ( ) is a city in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. The population was 88,302 at the 2020 census. It is the tenth-most populous municipality in Illinois and the fourth most populous city in Illinois outside the Chicago metropo ... and Scioto counties ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clay Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
Clay Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio Ohio () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Of the List of states and territories of the United States, fifty U.S. states, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 34th-l ..., 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. Name and history It i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ohio State University
The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best public universities in the United States. Founded in 1870 as the state's land-grant university and the ninth university in Ohio with the Morrill Act of 1862, Ohio State was originally known as the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College and focused on various agricultural and mechanical disciplines, but it developed into a comprehensive university under the direction of then-Governor and later U.S. president Rutherford B. Hayes, and in 1878, the Ohio General Assembly passed a law changing the name to "the Ohio State University" and broadening the scope of the university. Admission standards tightened and became greatly more selective throughout the 2000s and 2010s. Ohio State's political science department and faculty have greatly con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geographic Names Information System
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features throughout the United States and its territories, Antarctica, and the associated states of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau. 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 recorded. Each feature receives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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