User:Addis-Bot/township/Category:Townships in Ohio by county/Jerome Township, Union County, Ohio
| Jerome Township, Union County, Ohio | |
|---|---|
| 镇区 | |
 Fields in Jerome Township | |
 Location of Jerome Township in Union County | |
| 国家 | 美国 |
| 州份 | 俄亥俄州 |
| 县 | Union |
| 面积 | |
| • 总计 | 36.4 平方英里（94.2 平方公里） |
| • 陸地 | 36.3 平方英里（94.1 平方公里） |
| • 水域 | 0.0 平方英里（0.0 平方公里） |
| 海拔[1] | 942 英尺（287 公尺） |
| 人口（2000年） | |
| • 總計 | 3,950人 |
| • 密度 | 108.7人/平方英里（42.0人/平方公里） |
| 时区 | 东部（EST）（UTC-5） |
| • 夏时制 | EDT（UTC-4） |
| FIPS代码 | 39-39046[2] |
| 地名信息系统特征识别码 | 1087078[1] |
| 歷史人口數 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 調查年 | 人口 | %± | |
| 1990年 | 3,462 | — | |
| 2000年 | 3,950 | 14.1% | |
| 2010年 | 7,541 | 90.9% | |
| Population 1900-2010.[3] | |||
Jerome Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, 俄亥俄州, 美国. The 2000 census found 3,950 people in the township, 3,033 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[4]
地理
[编辑]Located in the southeastern corner of the county, 与以下镇区接壤：
- Millcreek Township - 北
- Concord Township, Delaware County - 北east
- Washington Township, Franklin County - 东南
- Darby Township, Madison County - 南
- Darby Township - 西
Parts of two municipalities are located in Jerome Township: the village of Plain City in the southwest, and the city of Dublin in the southeast. The unincorporated communities of Arnold, Jerome, and New California are also located within the township.
Its location in the southeast corner of the county makes it the closest part of the county to Columbus.
Name and history
[编辑]It is the only Jerome Township statewide.[5]
Jerome Township was organized on March 12, 1821. As of 1854, the population of the township was 1249.[6]
In the Civil War, 367 residents of Jerome Township enlisted to fight. This was a remarkably high level, 151 more than were recognized as voters (only 216) and fully 25% of the population of 1398. It included several boys aged 16 and one aged 14. 75 of those who enlisted died or were killed in the war. They, and the service of township residents in the War of 1812, the Mexican War and the war with Spain in 1898, are commemorated with a war memorial more than 20 feet high in New California.[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].
- ^ Ohio County Profiles: Union County (PDF). Ohio Department of Development. [April 28, 2007].
- ^ Union 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].
- ^ Thomas Baldwin & J. Thomas, A new and complete gazetteer of the United States, Lippincott, Grambo & Co, 1854, Pg. 646
- ^ William Leontes Curry, History of Jerome Township (Press of the Edward T. Miller Company, 1913), pp. 72-73.
- ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.
Further reading
[编辑]- Curry, W.L., History of Jerome Township, Union County, Ohio, Heritage Books, Inc., Columbus, Ohio, 1913