Adams Township, Champaign County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Adams Township, Champaign County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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image_caption = Rosewood, a community in southern Adams Township


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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Champaign County

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map_caption1 = Location of Champaign County in Ohio

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

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area_total_km2 = 80.5
area_land_km2 = 80.5
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 31.1
area_land_sq_mi = 31.1
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1100
population_density_km2 = 13.7
population_density_sq_mi = 35.4

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 348
elevation_ft = 1142
latd = 40 |latm = 13 |lats = 56 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 57 |longs = 48 |longEW = W

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Adams Township is one of the twelve townships of Champaign County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,100 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39021 Champaign County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 12 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Miami Township, Logan County - north
*Harrison Township - east
*Concord Township - southeast
*Johnson Township - south
*Green Township, Shelby County - west
*Perry Township, Shelby County - northwest

No municipalities are located in Adams Township, although the unincorporated community of Rosewood lies in the township's south.

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.co.champaign.oh.us County website]
* [http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/geosurvey/pdf/cotwpmap.pdf County & Township Map of Ohio] (PDF object)