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词条 Flushing Township, Belmont County, Ohio
释义

  1. Geography

  2. Name and history

  3. Government

  4. References

  5. External links

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Flushing Township is one of the sixteen townships of Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census found 2,021 people in the township,[3] of which 804 lived in unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

  • Moorefield Township, Harrison County - north
  • Athens Township, Harrison County - northeast
  • Wheeling Township - east
  • Union Township - southeast
  • Kirkwood Township - south
  • Londonderry Township, Guernsey County - west
  • Freeport Township, Harrison County - northwest

Two villages are located in Flushing Township: Flushing in the east, and Holloway in the north.

Name and history

It is the only Flushing Township statewide.[4]

Flushing Township was organized in 1817.[5] Flushing Township was originally settled chiefly by Quakers.[6]

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,[7] 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=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US3901327566| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Flushing township, Belmont County, Ohio| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=February 18, 2014}}
4. ^{{Cite web| title = Detailed map of Ohio| work = | publisher = United States Census Bureau| year = 2000| url = http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/cousub_outline/cen2k_pgsz/oh_cosub.pdf| format = PDF| accessdate =2007-02-16}}
5. ^{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=idkyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA272#v=onepage&q&f=false | title=Centennial History of Belmont County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens | publisher=Biographical Publishing Company | author=McKelvey, A. T. | year=1903 | pages=272}}
6. ^{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dt48AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA196#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=196}}
7. ^§503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

External links

  • County website
{{Belmont County, Ohio}}

3 : Townships in Belmont County, Ohio|1817 establishments in Ohio|Townships in Ohio

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