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词条 Lexington Township, Stark County, Ohio
释义

  1. Geography

  2. Name and history

  3. Government

  4. References

  5. External links

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|subdivision_type = Country
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|subdivision_name2 = Stark
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|area_total_km2 = 64.0
|area_land_km2 = 59.6
|area_water_km2 = 4.3
|area_total_sq_mi = 24.7
|area_land_sq_mi = 23.0
|area_water_sq_mi = 1.7
|population_as_of = 2000
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|population_total = 5583
|population_density_km2 = 93.6
|population_density_sq_mi = 242.5
|timezone = Eastern (EST)
|utc_offset = -5
|timezone_DST = EDT
|utc_offset_DST = -4
|elevation_footnotes = [1]
|elevation_m = 323
|elevation_ft = 1060
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}}Lexington Township is one of the seventeen townships of Stark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,583 people in the township, 5,390 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[3]

Geography

Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships and city:

  • Atwater Township, Portage County - north
  • Deerfield Township, Portage County - northeast
  • Smith Township, Mahoning County - east
  • Alliance - southeast
  • Washington Township - south
  • Marlboro Township - west

It is the only township in the county with a border on Mahoning County.

Two municipalities are located in Lexington Township: most of the city of Alliance, in the southeast, and the village of Limaville, in the north.

Name and history

It is the only Lexington Township statewide.[4]

In 1833, Lexington Township contained three gristmills, seven saw mills, one tannery, and four stores.[5]

Government

{{USCensusPop
|1820=539
|1830=869
|1840=1640
|1850=1996
|1860=3102
|1870=5700
|1880=6287
|1890=8994
|1900=10325
|1910=16700
|1920=22241
|1930=23712
|1940=23292
|1950=27578
|1960=29074
|1970=5975
|1980=
|1990=5291
|2000=5583
|footnote=[6]
}}

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=September 11, 2013 |df= }}
3. ^Stark County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
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 web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dt48AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA271#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=271}}
6. ^census data: 1820 : 1820 page 137, 1830 : {{cite book|title=The Ohio gazetteer: or, Topographical dictionary: describing the several ... in the State of Ohio |first=John |last=Kilbourn |page=332 |publisher=self |year=1831 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CDUWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA332&dq=Stark}}, 1840, 1880 : {{cite book|title=Historical Collections of Ohio, The Ohio Centennial Edition |last=Howe |first=Henry |year=1907 |publisher= The State of Ohio |page=285 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cBDVAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA285}}, 1850, 1860, 1870 : 1870 page 35, 1890, 1900 : {{cite book |title=Population of the United States by states and territories, counties, and minor Civil Divisions, as returned at the Twelfth Census: 1900|last1=Hunt |first1=William C. |year=1901 |publisher=United States Census Printing Office |page=318|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pnk9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA318}}, 1910, 1920, 1930 : 1930 page 56, 1940, 1950 : 1950 page 21, 1960, 1970 : 1970 page 135, 1990 : 1990, 2000 : 2000 (includes Alliance before 1970)
7. ^§503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

External links

  • County website
{{Stark County, Ohio}}

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

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