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词条 Scott Township, Adams County, Ohio
释义

  1. Geography

  2. Name and history

  3. Government

  4. References

  5. External links

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|official_name = Scott Township, Adams County, Ohio
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|image_skyline = Aerial Scott Township in northern Adams County.jpg
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|image_caption = Countryside in western Scott Township
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|image_map = Adams County Ohio incorporated and unincorporated areas Scott Township highlighted.svg
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|map_caption = Location in Adams County and the state of Ohio.
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|subdivision_name = United States
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|subdivision_name1 = Ohio
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Adams
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|area_total_km2 = 97.0
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|population_total = 2180
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|timezone = Eastern (EST)
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|utc_offset_DST = -4
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|elevation_m = 211
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}}Scott Township is one of the fifteen townships of Adams County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 2,180.[3]

Geography

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

  • Jackson Township, Highland County - north
  • Bratton Township - northeast
  • Meigs Township - east
  • Oliver Township - southeast
  • Wayne Township - southwest
  • Winchester Township - west
  • Concord Township, Highland County - northwest

Most of the village of Seaman is located in southwestern Scott Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Scott Townships are located in Brown, Marion, and Sandusky counties.

Scott Township was either named for Edwin Scott, an early settler,[4] or for Thomas Scott, a judge of the Ohio Supreme Court.[5]

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.

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://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US3900171052| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Scott township, Adams County, Ohio| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=July 5, 2013}}
4. ^{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8HwUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA457#v=onepage&q&f=false | title=A History of Adams County, Ohio: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time | publisher=E B. Stivers | author=Evans, Nelson Wiley | year=1900 | pages=457}}
5. ^{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dt48AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA415#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=415}}
6. ^§503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

External links

  • [https://adamscountyoh.gov County website]
{{Adams County, Ohio}}

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