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词条 Union Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
释义

  1. Geography

  2. Name and history

  3. Government

  4. References

  5. External links

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|subdivision_name2 = Muskingum
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|area_total_km2 = 65.9
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|area_total_sq_mi = 25.5
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|population_as_of = 2000
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|population_total = 4359
|population_density_km2 = 66.2
|population_density_sq_mi = 171.4
|timezone = Eastern (EST)
|utc_offset = -5
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|utc_offset_DST = -4
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|elevation_m = 294
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}}Union Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,359 people in the township, 1,595 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[3]

Geography

Located on the eastern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:

  • Highland Township - north
  • Adams Township, Guernsey County - northeast corner
  • Westland Township, Guernsey County - east
  • Rich Hill Township - south
  • Salt Creek Township - southwest
  • Perry Township - west
  • Salem Township - northwest corner

Two incorporated villages are located in Union Township: New Concord in the northeast, and Norwich in the northwest.

Name and history

It is one of twenty-seven Union Townships statewide.[4]

In 1833, Union Township contained two post offices, four churches, one saw mill, and two physicians.[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 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911234518/http://factfinder2.census.gov |archivedate=September 11, 2013 }}
3. ^Muskingum County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }} 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=PA454#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=454}}
6. ^§503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

External links

  • County website
{{Muskingum County, Ohio}}

1 : Townships in Muskingum County, Ohio

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