User:Addis-Bot/township/Category:Townships in Ohio by county/Madison Township, Hancock County, Ohio
Madison Township, Hancock County, Ohio | |
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镇区 | |
![]() Madison Township contains wide farmlands interspersed with small woods | |
![]() Location of Madison Township in Hancock County. | |
国家 | 美国 |
州份 | 俄亥俄州 |
县 | Hancock |
面积 | |
• 总计 | 23.7 平方英里(61.4 平方公里) |
• 陸地 | 23.7 平方英里(61.3 平方公里) |
• 水域 | 0.0 平方英里(0.1 平方公里) |
海拔[1] | 876 英尺(267 公尺) |
人口(2000年) | |
• 總計 | 2,156人 |
• 密度 | 91.1人/平方英里(35.2人/平方公里) |
时区 | 东部(EST)(UTC-5) |
• 夏时制 | EDT(UTC-4) |
FIPS代码 | 39-46438[2] |
地名信息系统特征识别码 | 1086248[1] |
Madison Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, 俄亥俄州, 美国. The 2000 census found 2,156 people in the township.[3]
地理
编辑Located in the southern part of the county, 与以下镇区接壤:
- Jackson Township - 北east
- Delaware Township - 东
- Blanchard Township, Hardin County - 东南
- Washington Township, Hardin County - 南west
- Van Buren Township - 西
- Eagle Township - 北west
The village of Arlington is located in northern Madison Township, and the unincorporated community of Williamstown lies in the southern part of the township.
Name and history
编辑It is one of twenty Madison Townships statewide.[4]
Madison Township was organized in 1840. It was named for James Madison, fourth President of the United States.[5]
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].
- ^ Hancock County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
- ^ Detailed map of Ohio (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000 [2007-02-16].
- ^ History of Hancock County, Ohio. Warner, Beers. 1886: 439.
- ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.