Adams Township, Seneca County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Adams Township, Seneca County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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image_caption = Countryside in southeastern Adams Township


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map_caption = Location of Adams Township in Seneca County


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Seneca

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area_total_km2 = 93.7
area_land_km2 = 93.2
area_water_km2 = 0.5
area_total_sq_mi = 36.2
area_land_sq_mi = 36.0
area_water_sq_mi = 0.2

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1337
population_density_km2 = 14.3
population_density_sq_mi = 37.1

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 242
elevation_ft = 794
latd = 41 |latm = 12 |lats = 25 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 1 |longs = 5 |longEW = W

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Adams Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,337 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39147 Seneca County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Green Creek Township, Sandusky County - north
*York Township, Sandusky County - northeast corner
*Thompson Township - east
*Reed Township - southeast corner
*Scipio Township - south
*Clinton Township - southwest corner
*Pleasant Township - west
*Ballville Township, Sandusky County - northwest corner

Part of the village of Green Springs is located in northern Adams Township.

Name and history

It is one of ten Adams Townships statewide.

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 clerk, 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 clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References

External links

* [http://www.senecacounty.com County website]