User:Addis-Bot/township/Category:Townships in Ohio by county/Clay Township, Knox County, Ohio
| Clay Township, Ohio | |
|---|---|
| Township | |
 Location of Clay Township in Knox County. | |
| 国家 | 美国 |
| 州份 | 俄亥俄州 |
| 县 | Knox |
| 面积 | |
| • 总计 | 25.2 平方英里（65.2 平方公里） |
| • 陸地 | 25.2 平方英里（65.2 平方公里） |
| • 水域 | 0.0 平方英里（0.0 平方公里） |
| 海拔[1] | 1,096 英尺（334 公尺） |
| 人口（2000年） | |
| • 總計 | 1,328人 |
| • 密度 | 52.8人/平方英里（20.4人/平方公里） |
| 时区 | 东部（EST）（UTC-5） |
| • 夏时制 | EDT（UTC-4） |
| FIPS代码 | 39-15504[2] |
| 地名信息系统特征识别码 | 1086394[1] |
Clay Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, 俄亥俄州, 美国. The 2000 census found 1,328 people in the township, 1,143 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[3]
地理[编辑]
Located in the southeastern part of the county, 与以下镇区接壤：
- Harrison Township - 北
- Butler Township - 北east corner
- Jackson Township - 东
- Fallsbury Township, Licking County - 东南 corner
- Eden Township, Licking County - 南
- Washington Township, Licking County - 南west
- Morgan Township - 西
- Pleasant Township - 北west corner
The village of Martinsburg is located in western Clay Township, and the unincorporated community of Bladensburg lies on the eastern border with Jackson Township.
Name and history[编辑]
Clay Township was organized in 1825. It is named for Henry Clay, senator from Kentucky.[4]
It is one of nine Clay Townships statewide.[5]
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[6]，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].
- ^ Knox County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
- ^ Graham, Albert Adams. History of Knox County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, Containing a Condensed, Comprehensive History of Ohio. A. A. Graham & Company. 1881: 437.
- ^ Detailed map of Ohio (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000 [2007-02-16].
- ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.