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词条 Blanchard Township, Hancock County, Ohio
释义

  1. Geography

  2. Name and history

  3. Government

  4. References

  5. External links

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Blanchard Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 1,123,[3] of whom 824 lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:

  • Pleasant Township - north
  • Portage Township - northeast corner
  • Liberty Township - east
  • Eagle Township - southeast corner
  • Union Township - south
  • Riley Township, Putnam County - southwest corner
  • Blanchard Township, Putnam County - west
  • Van Buren Township, Putnam County - northwest corner

The village of Benton Ridge is located in southeastern Blanchard Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Blanchard Townships are located in Hardin and Putnam counties.

Blanchard Township was organized in 1831. The township was named for a stream that runs through it.[4]

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,[5] 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

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=2007-10-25}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://factfinder2.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=2008-01-31 |title=American FactFinder |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911234518/http://factfinder2.census.gov/ |archivedate=2013-09-11 |df= }}
3. ^{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/0600000US3906306838| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Blanchard township, Hancock County, Ohio| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| accessdate=December 26, 2017}}
4. ^{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dA7VAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA377#v=onepage&q&f=false | title=History of Hancock County, Ohio | publisher=Warner, Beers | year=1886 | pages=377}}
5. ^§503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

External links

  • County website
{{Hancock County, Ohio}}

2 : Townships in Hancock County, Ohio|Townships in Ohio

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