User:Addis-Bot/township/Category:Townships in Ohio by county/Goshen Township, Belmont County, Ohio
| Goshen Township, Belmont County, Ohio | |
|---|---|
| 镇区 | |
 Dam at Barkcamp State Park | |
 Location of Goshen Township in Belmont County | |
| 国家 | 美国 |
| 州份 | 俄亥俄州 |
| 县 | Belmont |
| 面积 | |
| • 总计 | 36.4 平方英里（94.4 平方公里） |
| • 陸地 | 36.1 平方英里（93.4 平方公里） |
| • 水域 | 0.4 平方英里（1.0 平方公里） |
| 海拔[1] | 1,184 英尺（361 公尺） |
| 人口（2010） | |
| • 總計 | 3,147人 |
| • 密度 | 87人/平方英里（33.7人/平方公里） |
| 时区 | 东部（EST）（UTC-5） |
| • 夏时制 | EDT（UTC-4） |
| FIPS代码 | 39-30968[2] |
| 地名信息系统特征识别码 | 1085778[1] |
Goshen Township is one of the sixteen townships of Belmont County, 俄亥俄州, 美国. The 2010 census found 3,147 people in the township,[3] 1,438 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
地理[编辑]
Located in the central part of the county, 与以下镇区接壤：
- Union Township - 北
- Richland Township - 北east
- Smith Township - 东
- Wayne Township - 南
- Somerset Township - 南west corner
- Warren Township - 西
- Kirkwood Township - 北west
Two villages are located in Goshen Township: Belmont in the north, and Bethesda in the center.
Name and history[编辑]
Goshen Township was settled about 1801 by settlers from Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ireland.[4] These settlers probably named their new township after a Goshen Township in Chester County, Pennsylvania.[5]
Goshen Township was described in 1833 as having several gristmills and saw mills, three or four fulling mills and carding machines.[6]
It is one of seven Goshen Townships statewide.[7]
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[8]，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].
- ^ Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Goshen township, Belmont County, Ohio. U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. [February 18, 2014].
- ^ Kilbourn, John. The Ohio Gazetteer, or, a Topographical Dictionary. Scott and Wright: 218. 1833 [12 December 2013].
- ^ McKelvey, A. T. Centennial History of Belmont County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens. Biographical Publishing Company. 1903: 290.
- ^ Kilbourn, John. The Ohio Gazetteer, or, a Topographical Dictionary. Scott and Wright: 218. 1833 [12 December 2013].
- ^ 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.