User:Addis-Bot/township/Category:Townships in Ohio by county/Mantua Township, Portage County, Ohio
Mantua Township, Portage County, Ohio | |
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Township | |
Historic Snow Home, built in 1815 | |
Location within Portage County | |
国家 | 美国 |
州份 | 俄亥俄州 |
县 | Portage |
面积 | |
• 总计 | 26.6 平方英里(68.8 平方公里) |
• 陸地 | 26.5 平方英里(68.5 平方公里) |
• 水域 | 0.1 平方英里(0.2 平方公里) |
海拔[1] | 1,175 英尺(358 公尺) |
人口(2010年) | |
• 總計 | 4,811人 |
• 密度 | 176.1人/平方英里(68.0人/平方公里) |
时区 | 东部(EST)(UTC-5) |
• 夏时制 | EDT(UTC-4) |
ZIP code | 44255 |
電話區號 | 330, 234 |
FIPS代码 | 39-47194[2] |
地名信息系统特征识别码 | 1086831[1] |
Mantua Township /ˈmænəweɪ/ is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, 俄亥俄州, 美国. The 2000 census found 4,661 people in the township.[3]
Name and history
[编辑]Mantua Township was named in commemoration of Mantua, Italy, which in 1796 was besieged by Napoleon, during the Napoleonic Wars.[4]
It is the only Mantua Township 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。
地理
[编辑]Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships and cities:
- Auburn Township, Geauga County - 北
- Troy Township, Geauga County - 北east corner
- Hiram Township - 东
- Freedom Township - 东南 corner
- Shalersville Township - 南
- Streetsboro - 南west corner
- Aurora - 西
- Bainbridge Township, Geauga County - 北west corner
The village of Mantua, which became independent of the township in 1993,[7] is located in what was previously southern Mantua Township and borders the township on three sides.
Formed from the Connecticut Western Reserve, Mantua Township covers an area of 26 sq mi(67 km2).
Notable people
[编辑]- Eliza Roxcy Snow Smith, an early Latter Day Saint leader, and a plural wife of both Joseph Smith and Brigham Young
- Lorenzo Snow, a former president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The community of Mantua, Utah, in Utah's Box Elder County, was named in honor of Snow and his hometown.[8]
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].
- ^ Portage County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
- ^ History of Portage County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County, Its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.. Warner, Beers & Company. 1885: 480.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Census Bureau data
- ^ Jenson, Andrew. Origin of Western Geographic Names. The Utah genealogical and historical magazine. 1920, 11 (2): 83.
But in 1864 the settlement was named Mantua, after Mantua, Portage County, Ohio, the birthplace of President Lorenzo Snow.