User:Addis-Bot/township/Category:Townships in Ohio by county/Union Township, Warren County, Ohio
| Union Township, Warren County, Ohio | |
|---|---|
| 镇区 | |
 Location of Union Township in Warren County | |
| 国家 | 美国 |
| 州份 | 俄亥俄州 |
| 县 | Warren |
| 面积 | |
| • 总计 | 14.7 平方英里（38.2 平方公里） |
| • 陸地 | 14.7 平方英里（37.9 平方公里） |
| • 水域 | 0.1 平方英里（0.2 平方公里） |
| 海拔[1] | 630 英尺（192 公尺） |
| 人口（2000年） | |
| • 總計 | 4,668人 |
| • 密度 | 318.6人/平方英里（123.0人/平方公里） |
| 时区 | 东部（EST）（UTC-5） |
| • 夏时制 | EDT（UTC-4） |
| FIPS代码 | 39-78610[2] |
| 地名信息系统特征识别码 | 1087121[1] |
Union Township is one of the eleven townships of Warren County, 俄亥俄州, 美国, located in the central part of the county. It was established January 3, 1815 and named Union as it was formed from parts of Deerfield and Turtlecreek Townships. The 2000 census found 4,668 people in the township, up slightly from the 4,631 in 1990. Of those, 2,230 lived in the unincorporated part of the township and 2,438 lived in the village of South Lebanon.
地理[编辑]
Located in the central part of the county, 与以下镇区接壤：
- Turtlecreek Township - 北
- Salem Township - 东
- Hamilton Township - 南, across the Little Miami River
- Deerfield Township - 南west
The smallest township in the county, it originally had fifteen full and six fractional sections of land totalling 11,970 acres (48 km²). However, a large portion of the township has been annexed into South Lebanon, Lebanon, and Mason. The village of South Lebanon remains within the township, but Mason and Lebanon are not and that land has been lost. The township is prone to flooding from the Little Miami and Turtle Creek.
The entire township is in the Symmes Purchase and was surveyed in accordance with the unusual plan Symmes chose.
Union is the third most popular township name statewide; only Washington (43 townships) and Jackson (37 townships) are more common.
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[3]，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。
Economy[编辑]
There is significant gravel mining in the township.
Public services[编辑]
Most of the township is in the Kings Local School District, which was formerly known as the Deerfield-Union Local School District, while parts are in the Lebanon City School District, the Mason City School District, and the Little Miami Local School District.
Telephone service is provided through the South Lebanon, Lebanon, Mason, and Morrow exchanges, while the South Lebanon, Lebanon, Kings Mills, and Morrow post offices serve the township.
Interstate 71 crosses the township from southwest to northeast and State Route 48 from south to north. U.S. Route 42 clips the northwest corner of the township. Formerly, the Middletown and Cincinnati Railroad crossed the township, but all track southeast of US 42 has been abandoned and lifted. The city of Lebanon's sewage treatment plant is in Union Township, along the Little Miami River.
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].
- ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.
- Elva R. Adams. Warren County Revisited. [Lebanon, Ohio]: Warren County Historical Society, 1989.
- The Centennial Atlas of Warren County, Ohio. Lebanon, Ohio: The Centennial Atlas Association, 1903.
- John W. Hauck. Narrow Gauge in Ohio. Boulder, Colorado: Pruett Publishing, 1986. ISBN 0-87108-629-8
- Josiah Morrow. The History of Warren County, Ohio. Chicago: W.H. Beers, 1883. (Reprinted several times)
- Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. 6th ed. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme, 2001. ISBN 0-89933-281-1
- William E. Smith. History of Southwestern Ohio: The Miami Valleys. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing, 1964. 3 vols.
- Warren County Engineer's Office. Official Highway Map 2003. Lebanon, Ohio: The Office, 2003.