Sprigg Township, Adams County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Sprigg Township, Adams County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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image_caption = Fields and woods on the hills of Sprigg Township


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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Adams County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 114.1
area_land_km2 = 113.9
area_water_km2 = 0.2
area_total_sq_mi = 44.1
area_land_sq_mi = 44.0
area_water_sq_mi = 0.1

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1639
population_density_km2 = 14.4
population_density_sq_mi = 37.3

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 275
elevation_ft = 902
latd = 38 |latm = 42 |lats = 13 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 39 |longs = 8 |longEW = W

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Sprigg Township is one of the fifteen townships of Adams County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,639 people in the township, 1,638 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39001 Adams County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the southwestern corner of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships:
*Liberty Township - north
*Monroe Township - northeast
*Manchester Township - east
*Huntington Township, Brown County - west
Kentucky lies across the Ohio River to the south: Lewis County to the southeast, and Mason County to the southwest.

A small corner of the village of Manchester is located in eastern Sprigg Township along the Ohio River, and the unincorporated community of Bentonville lies in the township's north.

Name and history

It is the only Sprigg 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.adamscountyohio.com County website]