Hanover Township, Columbiana County, Ohio
| Hanover Township, Columbiana County, Ohio | |
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| Coordinates: 40°45′51″N 80°54′42″W / 40.76417°N 80.91167°WCoordinates: 40°45′51″N 80°54′42″W / 40.76417°N 80.91167°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Columbiana |
| Area | |
| • Total | 36.4 sq mi (94.2 km2) |
| • Land | 35.8 sq mi (92.8 km2) |
| • Water | 0.5 sq mi (1.3 km2) |
| Elevation[1] | 1,230 ft (375 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 3,749 |
| • Density | 104.6/sq mi (40.4/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| FIPS code | 39-33264[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1085895[1] |
Hanover Township is one of the eighteen townships of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,749 people in the township, 3,362 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[3]
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[edit] Geography
Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:
- Butler Township - north
- Salem Township - northeast corner
- Center Township - east
- Franklin Township - southeast
- East Township, Carroll County - southwest
- West Township - west
- Knox Township - northwest corner
The village of Hanoverton is located in southern Hanover Township, and the unincorporated community of Kensington lies in the township's southwest.
[edit] Name and history
Statewide, other Hanover Townships are located in Butler, Ashland, and Licking Counties. The township was organized in 1806.[4]
[edit] Government
The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to a four-year term beginning on the following January 1. Two are elected in the year after the presidential election and one is elected in the year before it. There is also an elected township fiscal officer,[5] who serves a four-year term beginning on April 1 of the year after the election, which is held in November of the year before the presidential election. Vacancies in the fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.
[edit] Infrastructure
The township has many notable and famous pieces of infrastructure across it. Three main highways include Ohio State Route 9, Ohio State Route 172, and U.S. Route 30. The Hanoverton Canal Town District, a part of the Sandy and Beaver Canal, is part of the National Register of Historic Places. Another piece of notable infrastructure includes the Tennessee Gas Pipeline, which runs from south to north through the township.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ Columbiana County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
- ^ Cranmer, Gibson Lamb (1891). History of the upper Ohio Valley. 2. Madison, Wisconsin: Brant & Fuller. p. 22. http://books.google.com/books?id=OGKgCxz8tG0C&pg=PA22&dq=Hanover.
- ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.
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