User:Addis-Bot/township/Category:Townships in Ohio by county/Liberty Township, Delaware County, Ohio
| Liberty Township, Delaware County, Ohio | |
|---|---|
| 镇区 | |
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| 格言："A Nice Place to Live!" | |
 Location of Liberty Township in Delaware County | |
| 国家 | 美国 |
| 州份 | 俄亥俄州 |
| 县 | Delaware |
| 面积 | |
| • 总计 | 33.3 平方英里（86.3 平方公里） |
| • 陸地 | 32.9 平方英里（85.2 平方公里） |
| • 水域 | 0.4 平方英里（1.1 平方公里） |
| 海拔[1] | 886 英尺（270 公尺） |
| 人口（2000年） | |
| • 總計 | 15,429人 |
| • 密度 | 469.2人/平方英里（181.2人/平方公里） |
| 时区 | 东部（EST）（UTC-5） |
| • 夏时制 | EDT（UTC-4） |
| FIPS代码 | 39-43106[2] |
| 地名信息系统特征识别码 | 1086050[1] |
Liberty Township is one of the eighteen townships of Delaware County, 俄亥俄州, 美国. The 2000 census found 15,429 people in the township, 9,182 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[3] This was a significant increase from the 1990 census, at which time its population was only 3,790.[1] Liberty Township had 5,681 housing units in 2000.[2]
地理[编辑]
Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships and city:
- Delaware Township - 北
- Berlin Township - 北east
- Orange Township - 东
- Sharon Township, Franklin County - 东南 corner
- Perry Township, Franklin County - 南
- Dublin - 南west
- Concord Township - 西
The city of Powell is located in southern Liberty Township, and the ghost town of Carpenter's Mill lies in the township.
Name and history[编辑]
It is one of twenty-five Liberty Townships statewide.[4]
The first non-American Indian settler of Liberty Township - also of Delaware County - was Capt. Nathan Carpenter, who settled in the township on May 1, 1801, after a journey of over 2½ months from New York. Liberty Township was also "one of the three original townships into which the county was divided for temporary purposes, at the time of its formation."[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].
- ^ Delaware 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].
- ^ History of Delaware County and Ohio. O. L. Baskin & Company. 1880: 412–428.
- ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.