User:Addis-Bot/township/Category:Townships in Ohio by county/Rice Township, Sandusky County, Ohio
| Rice Township, Sandusky County, Ohio | |
|---|---|
| 镇区 | |
 Broad farm fields in southwestern Rice Township | |
 Location of Rice Township, Sandusky County, Ohio | |
| 国家 | 美国 |
| 州份 | 俄亥俄州 |
| 县 | Sandusky |
| 面积 | |
| • 总计 | 23.2 平方英里（60.0 平方公里） |
| • 陸地 | 21.6 平方英里（55.9 平方公里） |
| • 水域 | 1.6 平方英里（4.1 平方公里） |
| 海拔[1] | 591 英尺（180 公尺） |
| 人口（2000年） | |
| • 總計 | 1,437人 |
| • 密度 | 66.6人/平方英里（25.7人/平方公里） |
| 时区 | 东部（EST）（UTC-5） |
| • 夏时制 | EDT（UTC-4） |
| FIPS代码 | 39-66460[2] |
| 地名信息系统特征识别码 | 1086914[1] |
Rice Township is one of the twelve townships of Sandusky County, 俄亥俄州, 美国. As of the 2000 census, 1,437 people lived in the township.[3]
地理
[编辑]Located in the northern part of the county along Sandusky Bay, 与以下镇区接壤：
- Salem Township, Ottawa County - 北
- Bay Township, Ottawa County - 北east, across Sandusky Bay
- Riley Township - 东南
- Sandusky Township - 南
- Washington Township - 西
- Harris Township, Ottawa County - 北west corner
No municipalities are located in Rice Township, but it does contain the unincorporated community of Kingsway.
Name and history
[编辑]Rice Township was established in 1840. It was named for Judge Ezekiel Rice, a pioneer settler.[4][5]
It is the only Rice Township statewide.[6]
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[7]，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].
- ^ Sandusky County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 13 May 2007.
- ^ Meek, Basil. Twentieth Century History of Sandusky County, Ohio and Representative Citizens. Whipporwill Publications. 1909: 331.
- ^ Everett, Homer. History of Sandusky County, Ohio: With Portraits and Biographies. H. Z. Williams & Bro. 1882: 575.
- ^ 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.