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词条 Belpre Township, Washington County, Ohio
释义

  1. Geography

  2. Name and history

  3. Government

  4. References

  5. External links

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|official_name = Belpre Township, Washington County, Ohio
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|image_caption = The Sawyer-Curtis House in Little Hocking
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|image_map = Map of Washington County Ohio Highlighting Belpre Township.png
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|map_caption = Location of Belpre Township in Washington County
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = United States
|subdivision_type1 = State
|subdivision_name1 = Ohio
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Washington
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|unit_pref = Imperial
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|area_total_km2 = 62.5
|area_land_km2 = 61.2
|area_water_km2 = 1.2
|area_total_sq_mi = 24.1
|area_land_sq_mi = 23.6
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.5
|population_as_of = 2000
|population_footnotes =
|population_total = 4192
|population_density_km2 = 68.5
|population_density_sq_mi = 177.3
|timezone = Eastern (EST)
|utc_offset = -5
|timezone_DST = EDT
|utc_offset_DST = -4
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|elevation_m = 224
|elevation_ft = 735
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|postal_code_type = ZIP code
|postal_code = 45714
|area_code = 740
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|blank_info = 39-05438[2]
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|blank1_info = 1087128[1]
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}}Belpre Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Washington County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,192 people in the township.[3]

Geography

Located in the southwestern part of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships:

  • Dunham Township - north
  • Troy Township, Athens County - southwest
  • Decatur Township - west

Wood County, West Virginia lies across the Ohio River to the southeast.

Two populated places are located in Belpre Township along the Ohio River: The city of Belpre, in the southeast; and the unincorporated community of Little Hocking, in the southwest.

Name and history

With a name derived from the French for "beautiful meadow",[4] it is the only Belpre Township 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,[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. ^Washington County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
4. ^{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dt48AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA91#v=onepage&q&f=false | title=The Ohio Gazetteer, Or a Topographical Dictionary | publisher=Scott and Wright | date=1833 | accessdate=12 December 2013 | author=Kilbourn, John | pages=91}}
5. ^§503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

External links

  • County website
{{Washington County, Ohio}}

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

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