词条 | Mantua Township, Portage County, Ohio |
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|official_name = Mantua Township, Portage County, Ohio |settlement_type = Township |nickname = |motto = |image_skyline = Snow House.jpg |imagesize = 250px |image_caption = Historic Snow Home, built in 1815 |image_flag = |image_seal = |image_map = Portage County Mantua Twp.png |mapsize = 250px |map_caption = Location within Portage County |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = Ohio |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Portage |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |established_title = |established_date = |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = 68.8 |area_land_km2 = 68.5 |area_water_km2 = 0.2 |area_total_sq_mi = 26.6 |area_land_sq_mi = 26.5 |area_water_sq_mi = 0.1 |population_as_of = 2010 |population_footnotes = |population_total = 4811 |population_density_km2 = 68.0 |population_density_sq_mi = 176.1 |timezone = Eastern (EST) |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = EDT |utc_offset_DST = -4 |elevation_footnotes = [1] |elevation_m = 358 |elevation_ft = 1175 |coordinates = {{coord|41|17|50|N|81|14|36|W|region:US-OH|display=inline,title}} |postal_code_type = ZIP code |postal_code = 44255 |area_code = 330, 234 |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = 39-47194[2] |blank1_name = GNIS feature ID |blank1_info = 1086831[1] |website = |footnotes = }}Mantua Township {{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|æ|n|ə|w|eɪ}} is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,661 people in the township.[3] Name and historyMantua Township was named in commemoration of Mantua, Italy, which in 1796 was besieged by Napoleon, during the Napoleonic Wars.[4] It is the only Mantua Township statewide.[5] GovernmentThe 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. GeographyFormed from the Connecticut Western Reserve, Mantua Township covers an area of {{convert|26|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}. It is located in the northern part of Portage county and borders the following townships and cities:
The village of Mantua, which became independent of the township in 1993,[7] is located in what was previously southern Mantua Township and borders the township on three sides. Mantua Bog State Nature Preserve and Marsh Wetlands State Nature Preserve, are located east of Mantua. Both are part of the Mantua Swamp region which was designated as a National Natural Landmark in 1976.[8][9]Notable people
References1. ^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. ^Portage County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007. 4. ^{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RVDWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA480#v=onepage&q&f=false | title=History of Portage County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County, Its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc. | publisher=Warner, Beers & Company | year=1885 | pages=480}} 5. ^{{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}} 6. ^§503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009. 7. ^{{Cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/popest/archives/1990s/boundary_changes/39.html |title=Census Bureau data |access-date=2017-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629084827/http://www.census.gov/popest/archives/1990s/boundary_changes/39.html |archive-date=2011-06-29 |dead-url=yes |df= }} 8. ^{{cite web |title=National Natural Landmarks - Mantua Swamp |url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nnlandmarks/site.htm?Site=MASW-OH |website=www.NPS.gov |accessdate=September 22, 2017 |language=en}} 9. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13924189/mantua_bog/ |title=Wetland areas designated as landmarks |newspaper=Chillicothe Gazette |location=Chillicothe, Ohio |date=March 24, 1976 |page=20 |accessdate=September 21, 2017 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{free access}} 10. ^{{cite journal |last1= Jenson|first1= Andrew|year= 1920|title= Origin of Western Geographic Names|journal= The Utah genealogical and historical magazine|volume= 11|issue= 2|page= 83|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=u78UAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA83&lpg=RA1-PA83&dq=mantua+flaxville&source=bl&ots=3gna63OPz3&sig=GOsvPy6JcbzmZgyC-LBoRFHoSqM&hl=en&ei=NubuSobAMsGwlAfepcT_BA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CBoQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=mantua%20flaxville&f=false |quote= But in 1864 the settlement was named Mantua, after Mantua, Portage County, Ohio, the birthplace of President Lorenzo Snow.}} External links{{commons category|Mantua Township, Portage County, Ohio}}
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