User:Addis-Bot/township/Category:Townships in Ohio by county/Virginia Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
| Virginia Township, Coshocton County, Ohio | |
|---|---|
| 镇区 | |
 The Adams-Gray House | |
 Location of Virginia Township in Coshocton County | |
| 国家 | 美国 |
| 州份 | 俄亥俄州 |
| 县 | Coshocton |
| 面积 | |
| • 总计 | 25.1 平方英里（64.9 平方公里） |
| • 陸地 | 24.8 平方英里（64.3 平方公里） |
| • 水域 | 0.2 平方英里（0.5 平方公里） |
| 海拔[1] | 804 英尺（245 公尺） |
| 人口（2010） | |
| • 總計 | 596人 |
| • 密度 | 24人/平方英里（9.3人/平方公里） |
| 时区 | 东部（EST）（UTC-5） |
| • 夏时制 | EDT（UTC-4） |
| FIPS代码 | 39-80220[2] |
| 地名信息系统特征识别码 | 1085929[1] |
Virginia Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, 俄亥俄州, 美国. As of the 2010 census the population was 596.[3]
地理[编辑]
Located in the southern part of the county, 与以下镇区接壤：
- Jackson Township - 北
- Franklin Township - 东
- Adams Township, Muskingum County - 东南 corner
- Cass Township, Muskingum County - 南
- Washington Township - 西
No municipalities are located in Virginia Township, although the unincorporated communities of New Moscow and Willowbrook are located in the township's north.[4]
Name and history[编辑]
Named for Virginia, the former home state of most of its early settlers,[5]:610 it is the only Virginia Township statewide.[6]
Virginia Township was organized in 1828.[7] The first permanent settler in the township was Richard Tilton, a native of Redstone Old Fort in Pennsylvania, who established himself in late 1805.[5]:611 Baptists were the first church to organize in the township, starting a congregation on Section 16 either in 1816 or 1818,[5]:612 while the township's first school was formed in 1818.[5]:613
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].
- ^ Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Virginia township, Coshocton County, Ohio. U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. [February 2, 2015].
- ^ DeLorme. Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. 7th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 60. ISBN 0-89933-281-1.
- ^ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Graham, Albert Adams. History of Coshocton County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, 1740-1881. A. A. Graham. 1881.
- ^ Detailed map of Ohio (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000 [2007-02-16].
- ^ Hunt, William Ellis. Historical Collections of Coshocton County, Ohio. R. Clarke & Company. 1876: 3.
- ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.