Big Spring Township, Seneca County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Big Spring Township, Seneca County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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image_caption = Adrian, an unincorporated community in southeastern Big Spring Township


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map_caption = Location of Big Spring 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 = 94.3
area_land_km2 = 94.2
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 36.4
area_land_sq_mi = 36.4
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1791
population_density_km2 = 19.0
population_density_sq_mi = 49.2

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 256
elevation_ft = 840
latd = 41 |latm = 1 |lats = 57 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 21 |longs = 28 |longEW = W

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Big Spring Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,791 people in the township, 1,565 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of 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 southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Loudon Township - north
*Hopewell Township - northeast corner
*Seneca Township - east
*Tymochtee Township, Wyandot County - southeast corner
*Crawford Township, Wyandot County - south
*Ridge Township, Wyandot County - southwest corner
*Biglick Township, Hancock County - west
*Washington Township, Hancock County - northwest corner

The village of New Riegel is located in eastern Big Spring Township, and the unincorporated community of Alvada lies in the western part of the township.

Name and history

It is the only Big Spring Township 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]