User:Addis-Bot/township/Category:Townships in Ohio by county/Lafayette Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
| Lafayette Township, Coshocton County, Ohio | |
|---|---|
| Township | |
 The Andrew Ferguson House near West Lafayette | |
 Location of Lafayette 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（65.0 平方公里） |
| • 陸地 | 24.7 平方英里（63.9 平方公里） |
| • 水域 | 0.4 平方英里（1.1 平方公里） |
| 海拔[1] | 804 英尺（245 公尺） |
| 人口（2010） | |
| • 總計 | 4,081人 |
| • 密度 | 166人/平方英里（63.9人/平方公里） |
| 时区 | 东部（EST）（UTC-5） |
| • 夏时制 | EDT（UTC-4） |
| FIPS代码 | 39-41132[2] |
| 地名信息系统特征识别码 | 1085919[1] |
Lafayette Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, 俄亥俄州, 美国. The 2010 census reported 4,081 people living in the township,[3] 1,760 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
地理
编辑Located in the southeastern part of the county, 与以下镇区接壤：
- White Eyes Township - 北
- Adams Township - 北east corner
- Oxford Township - 东
- Linton Township - 南
- Franklin Township - 南west
- Tuscarawas Township - 西
- Keene Township - 北west corner
The village of West Lafayette is located in northeastern Lafayette Township.
Name and history
编辑Lafayette Township was the last township in Coshocton County to be organized, in 1835.[4] It was named for Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, whose death had occurred in 1834.[5]
Statewide, the only other Lafayette Township is located in Medina County.
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。
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): Lafayette township, Coshocton County, Ohio. U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. [February 2, 2015].
- ^ Hunt, William Ellis. Historical Collections of Coshocton County, Ohio. R. Clarke & Company. 1876: 3.
- ^ Graham, Albert Adams. History of Coshocton County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, 1740-1881. A. A. Graham. 1881: 531.
- ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.