User:Addis-Bot/township/Category:Townships in Ohio by county/Amanda Township, Hancock County, Ohio
| Amanda Township, Hancock County, Ohio | |
|---|---|
| 镇区 | |
 Soybean fields south of Vanlue on County Road 26 | |
 Location of Amanda Township in Hancock County. | |
| 国家 | 美国 |
| 州份 | 俄亥俄州 |
| 县 | Hancock |
| 面积 | |
| • 总计 | 27.8 平方英里（71.9 平方公里） |
| • 陸地 | 27.7 平方英里（71.9 平方公里） |
| • 水域 | 0.0 平方英里（0.1 平方公里） |
| 海拔[1] | 814 英尺（248 公尺） |
| 人口（2000年） | |
| • 總計 | 1,045人 |
| • 密度 | 37.7人/平方英里（14.5人/平方公里） |
| 时区 | 东部（EST）（UTC-5） |
| • 夏时制 | EDT（UTC-4） |
| FIPS代码 | 39-01644[2] |
| 地名信息系统特征识别码 | 1086239[1] |
Amanda Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, 俄亥俄州, 美国. The 2000 census found 1,045 people in the township, 674 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[3]
地理
[编辑]Located in the eastern part of the county, 与以下镇区接壤：
- Biglick Township - 北
- Ridge Township, Wyandot County - 东
- Richland Township, Wyandot County - 东南
- Delaware Township - 南west
- Jackson Township - 西
- Marion Township - 北west
The village of Vanlue is located in northeastern Amanda Township.
Name and history
[编辑]Statewide, other Amanda Townships are located in Allen and Fairfield counties.[4]
Amanda Township was first settled on February 25, 1822 by Thomas Thompson.[5][6][7] Thompson built a cabin in 1823 and planted the township's first crop that year. He brought his family to the township from Pickaway County in 1824.[6] In 1829, Thompson became Hancock County's first Justice of the Peace.[8] Thompson lived in Amanda Township until his death in Vanlue on October 26, 1873.[6]
政府
[编辑]镇区有3人组成的理事会管理。理事会理事选举在奇数年11月举行，并在来年1月1日开始四年任期。两名理事的选举在总统选举后一年举行，另一名的选举在总统选举前一年举行。镇区财务官亦由选举产生[9]，与一名镇区理事选举同时举行，不过在来年4月1日才开始四年任期。若财务官或理事职位有空缺，将由剩余理事填补。
参考资料
[编辑]- ^ 1.0 1.1 US Board on Geographic Names. United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25 [2008-01-31].
- ^ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. [2008-01-31].
- ^ Hancock County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
- ^ Detailed map of Ohio (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000 [2007-02-16]. （原始内容存档 (PDF)于16 March 2007）.
- ^ http://www.heritagepursuit.com/Hancock/HancockChapXI.htm
- ^ 6.0 6.1 6.2 History of Hancock County, Ohio, Chicago: Warner, Beers, 1886, p. 357
- ^ History of Hancock County, Ohio: Geographical and Statistical. 1903, p. 194
- ^ Beardsley, D. B. History of Hancock County: From the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. Springfield: Republic, 1881, p. 67
- ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.