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词条 Starr Township, Hocking County, Ohio
释义

  1. Geography

  2. Name and history

  3. Government

  4. References

  5. External links

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|image_caption = Hocking Canal Lock #19, west of Nelsonville
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|population_total = 1560
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|timezone = Eastern (EST)
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}}Starr Township is one of the eleven townships of Hocking County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 1,560.[3]

Geography

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

  • Green Township - north
  • Ward Township - northeast corner
  • York Township, Athens County - east
  • Waterloo Township, Athens County - southeast corner
  • Brown Township, Vinton County - south
  • Swan Township, Vinton County - southwest corner
  • Washington Township - west
  • Falls Township (southwestern portion) - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Starr Township, although the unincorporated community of Union Furnace lies in the central part of the township.

Name and history

Starr Township was named for Joseph Starr, a pioneer settler who was instrumental in that township's organization.[4][5]

It is the only Starr Township statewide.[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=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/0600000US3907374405| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Starr township, Hocking County, Ohio| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| accessdate=January 4, 2018}}
4. ^{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3elPAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA1036#v=onepage&q&f=false | title=History of Hocking Valley, Ohio | publisher=Inter-State Publishing Co. | year=1883 | pages=1036}}
5. ^{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=swWTN0k4BsMC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA28#v=onepage&q&f=false | title=History of Hocking Valley, Ohio | publisher=Inter-State Publishing Co. | year=1883 | pages=28}}
6. ^{{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}}
7. ^§503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

External links

  • County website
{{Hocking County, Ohio}}

1 : Townships in Hocking County, Ohio

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