Orange Township, Meigs County, Ohio

Orange Township, Ohio
—  Township  —
Municipalities and townships of Meigs County.
Coordinates: 39°9′56″N 81°54′3″W / 39.16556°N 81.90083°W / 39.16556; -81.90083Coordinates: 39°9′56″N 81°54′3″W / 39.16556°N 81.90083°W / 39.16556; -81.90083
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Meigs
Area
– Total	25.8 sq mi (66.8 km2)
– Land	25.8 sq mi (66.7 km2)
– Water	0.0 sq mi (0.1 km2)
Elevation[1]	745 ft (227 m)
Population (2000)
– Total	934
– Density	36.2/sq mi (14.0/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
– Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code	39-58646[2]
GNIS feature ID	1086614[1]

Orange Township is one of the twelve townships of Meigs County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 934 people in the township.^[3]

Geography

Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Carthage Township, Athens County - north
• Troy Township, Athens County - northeast corner
• Olive Township - east
• Chester Township - south
• Bedford Township - west
• Lodi Township, Athens County - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Orange Township, although the unincorporated community of Tuppers Plains lies along the border with Olive Township in the far northeast.

Name and history

It is one of six Orange Townships statewide.^[4]

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.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
2. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
3. ^ Meigs County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
4. ^ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/cousub_outline/cen2k_pgsz/oh_cosub.pdf. Retrieved 2007-02-16. 
5. ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

External links

• County website