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词条 Moorefield Township, Clark County, Ohio
释义

  1. Geography

  2. Name and history

  3. Government

  4. Schools

  5. References

  6. External links

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|subdivision_name2 = Clark
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|area_total_km2 = 85.5
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|population_total = 12436
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|timezone = Eastern (EST)
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}}Moorefield Township is one of the ten townships of Clark County, Ohio, United States. The population as of the 2010 census was 12,436.[3]

Geography

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

  • Urbana Township, Champaign County - north
  • Union Township, Champaign County - northeast
  • Pleasant Township - east
  • Harmony Township - southeast
  • Springfield Township - south
  • German Township - west
  • Mad River Township, Champaign County - northwest corner

Part of the city of Springfield, the county seat of Clark County, is located in southwestern Moorefield Township, and the census-designated place of Northridge is located in the township's west.

Name and history

Moorefield Township was organized in 1818. It was named after Moorefield, West Virginia (then a city in Virginia), the former hometown of many of its first settlers.[4][5]

Statewide, the only other Moorefield Township is located in Harrison 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 in the year before it. There is also an elected township fiscal officer,[6] 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.

Schools

Moorefield Township is home to Kenton Ridge High School,[https://web.archive.org/web/20090709132506/http://www.northeastern.k12.oh.us/kr/] Northeastern High School,  Northridge Middle School,  South Vienna Middle School,  Rolling Hills Elementary School,  Northridge Elementary School,  and South Vienna Middle School.  All of these are part of the Northeastern Local School District. 

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}}
3. ^{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/0600000US3902351912| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Moorefield township, Clark County, Ohio| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=January 14, 2015}}
4. ^{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9v8-AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA673#v=onepage&q&f=false | title=The History of Clark County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County; Its Cities, Towns, Etc. | publisher=W. H. Beers and Company | year=1881 | pages=673}}
5. ^{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XNoyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA279#v=onepage&q&f=false | title=20th Century History of Springfield, and Clark County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens | publisher=Biographical Publishing Company | author=Rockel, William Mahlon | year=1908 | pages=279}}
6. ^§503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

External links

  • Township website
  • County website
{{Clark County, Ohio}}

2 : Townships in Clark County, Ohio|1818 establishments in Ohio

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