使用者:Addis-Bot/township/Category:Townships in Ohio by county/Hiram Township, Portage County, Ohio
| Hiram Township, Portage County, Ohio | |
|---|---|
| 鎮區 | |
 John Johnson Home, a historic house in Hiram Township | |
 Location within Portage County | |
| 國家 | 美國 |
| 州份 | 俄亥俄州 |
| 縣 | Portage |
| 面積 | |
| • 總計 | 23.2 平方英里（60.1 平方公里） |
| • 陸地 | 23.2 平方英里（60.1 平方公里） |
| • 水域 | 0.0 平方英里（0.0 平方公里） |
| 海拔[1] | 1,237 英尺（377 公尺） |
| 人口（2000年） | |
| • 總計 | 2,296人 |
| • 密度 | 99.0人/平方英里（38.2人/平方公里） |
| 時區 | 東部（EST）（UTC-5） |
| • 夏時制 | EDT（UTC-4） |
| ZIP code | 44234 |
| 電話區號 | 330 |
| FIPS代碼 | 39-35672[2] |
| 地名信息系統特徵識別碼 | 1086830[1] |
Hiram Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, 俄亥俄州, 美國. The 2010 census listed 2,411 people in the township.[3]
地理
[編輯]Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following other townships:
- Troy Township, Geauga County - 北
- Parkman Township, Geauga County - 北west corner
- Nelson Township - 東
- Freedom Township - 南
- Shalersville Township - 南west corner
- Mantua Township - 西
- Auburn Township, Geauga County - 北west corner
Two villages are formed from portions of Hiram Township: part of Garrettsville in the southeast, and Hiram in the center. According to the website of Hiram Township, the portion of Hiram Township once adjoining Windham Township is no longer a part of Hiram Township, having been annexed by the village of Garrettsville.[4]
Formed from the Connecticut Western Reserve, Hiram Township covers an area of 23 sq mi（60 km2）.
Name and history
[編輯]Hiram Township was named after Hiram I, the biblical king of Tyre.[5]
It is the only Hiram Township statewide.[6]
Johnson Farm
[編輯]John Johnson, Sr. moved his family from Vermont to Hiram Township in 1818, where they established the John Johnson Farm. After reading the Book of Mormon, Johnson and his wife Elsa traveled to Kirtland to meet with Latter Day Saint movement founder Joseph Smith The Johnsons invited Smith to live with them, and Smith made the Johnson Farm his residence and the temporary headquarters of the Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints) in September 1831.[7]
Several other apostles and notables of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints resided or were frequent guests at the Johnson Farm. Among these were John Johnson's sons, Luke and Lyman; as well as Sidney Rigdon and Orson Hyde. Section 76 of the Doctrine and Covenants was received at the Johnson Farm on February 16, 1832. The LDS Church holds that several other revelations were received at the Johnson Farm, and that Smith worked on translating the Bible here.[8]
政府
[編輯]鎮區有3人組成的理事會管理。理事會理事選舉在奇數年11月舉行，並在來年1月1日開始四年任期。兩名理事的選舉在總統選舉後一年舉行，另一名的選舉在總統選舉前一年舉行。鎮區財務官亦由選舉產生[9]，與一名鎮區理事選舉同時舉行，不過在來年4月1日才開始四年任期。若財務官或理事職位有空缺，將由剩餘理事填補。
Notable people
[編輯]- Bridget Franek, 2012 United States Olympic athlete in 3000 meter steeplechase, grew up in the township
- Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, lived in Hiram Township from 1831–32 at the John Johnson Farm
參考資料
[編輯]- ^ 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.
- ^ Hiram Township website
- ^ Gannett, Henry. The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. 1905: 157.
- ^ Detailed map of Ohio (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000 [2007-02-16].
- ^ Becky Cardon Smith. Hiram, Ohio. LDS Family Travels. 2003 [2008-01-28].
- ^ John Johnson Farm, Hiram, Ohio, USA. Mormon Historic Sites Registry. Mormon Historic Sites Foundation. [2008-01-28].
- ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.