用戶:Addis-Bot/township/Category:Townships in Ohio by county/Amanda Township, Hancock County, Ohio
| Amanda Township, Hancock County, Ohio | |
|---|---|
| 鎮區 | |
 Soybean fields south of Vanlue on County Road 26 | |
 Location of Amanda Township in Hancock County. | |
| 國家 | 美國 |
| 州份 | 俄亥俄州 |
| 縣 | Hancock |
| 面積 | |
| • 總計 | 27.8 平方英里（71.9 平方公里） |
| • 陸地 | 27.7 平方英里（71.9 平方公里） |
| • 水域 | 0.0 平方英里（0.1 平方公里） |
| 海拔[1] | 814 英尺（248 公尺） |
| 人口（2000年） | |
| • 總計 | 1,045人 |
| • 密度 | 37.7人/平方英里（14.5人/平方公里） |
| 時區 | 東部（EST）（UTC-5） |
| • 夏時制 | EDT（UTC-4） |
| FIPS代碼 | 39-01644[2] |
| 地名信息系統特徵識別碼 | 1086239[1] |
Amanda Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, 俄亥俄州, 美國. The 2000 census found 1,045 people in the township, 674 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[3]
地理
[編輯]Located in the eastern part of the county, 與以下鎮區接壤：
- Biglick Township - 北
- Ridge Township, Wyandot County - 東
- Richland Township, Wyandot County - 東南
- Delaware Township - 南west
- Jackson Township - 西
- Marion Township - 北west
The village of Vanlue is located in northeastern Amanda Township.
Name and history
[編輯]Statewide, other Amanda Townships are located in Allen and Fairfield counties.[4]
Amanda Township was first settled on February 25, 1822 by Thomas Thompson.[5][6][7] Thompson built a cabin in 1823 and planted the township's first crop that year. He brought his family to the township from Pickaway County in 1824.[6] In 1829, Thompson became Hancock County's first Justice of the Peace.[8] Thompson lived in Amanda Township until his death in Vanlue on October 26, 1873.[6]
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。
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].
- ^ 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]. （原始內容存檔 (PDF)於16 March 2007）.
- ^ http://www.heritagepursuit.com/Hancock/HancockChapXI.htm
- ^ 6.0 6.1 6.2 History of Hancock County, Ohio, Chicago: Warner, Beers, 1886, p. 357
- ^ History of Hancock County, Ohio: Geographical and Statistical. 1903, p. 194
- ^ Beardsley, D. B. History of Hancock County: From the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. Springfield: Republic, 1881, p. 67
- ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.