Bloom Township, Fairfield County, Ohio

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Bloom Township, Fairfield County, Ohio
Township
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Location of Bloom Township in Fairfield County
Coordinates: 39°47′6″N82°44′58″W / 39.78500°N 82.74944°W / 39.78500; -82.74944 Coordinates: 39°47′6″N82°44′58″W / 39.78500°N 82.74944°W / 39.78500; -82.74944
Country United States
State Ohio
County Fairfield
Area
 • Total37.2 sq mi (96.4 km2)
 • Land37.1 sq mi (96.2 km2)
 • Water0.08 sq mi (0.2 km2)
Elevation
[1]
1,096 ft (334 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total8,466
 • Density228/sq mi (88.0/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code 39-06950 [2]
GNIS feature ID1086074 [1]
Website www.bloomtwp.org

Bloom Township is one of the thirteen townships of Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 8,466, [3] up from 6,374 at the 2000 census. 7,028 people lived in the unincorporated portions of the township in 2010. [4]

A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States that is subordinate to a county. The term town is used in New England, New York, and Wisconsin to refer to the equivalent of the civil township in these states. Specific responsibilities and the degree of autonomy vary based on each state. Civil townships are distinct from survey townships, but in states that have both, the boundaries often coincide and may completely geographically subdivide a county. The U.S. Census Bureau classifies civil townships as minor civil divisions. Currently, there are 20 states with civil townships.

Fairfield County, Ohio U.S. county in Ohio, United States

Fairfield County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 146,156. Its county seat is Lancaster. Its name is a reference to the Fairfield area of the original Lancaster.

Ohio U.S. state in the United States

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States. Of the fifty states, it is the 34th largest by area, the seventh most populous, and the tenth most densely populated. The state's capital and largest city is Columbus. Ohio is bordered by Pennsylvania to the east, Michigan to the northwest, Lake Erie to the north, Indiana to the west, Kentucky on the south, and West Virginia on the southeast.

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Geography

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

Violet Township, Fairfield County, Ohio Township in Ohio, United States

Violet Township is one of the thirteen townships of Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 38,572, up from 26,914 people at the 2000 census. 18,994 of the township's residents lived in the unincorporated portions of the township in 2010.

Liberty Township, Fairfield County, Ohio Township in Ohio, United States

Liberty Township is one of the thirteen townships of Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 7,916, of whom 4,950 lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Greenfield Township, Fairfield County, Ohio Township in Ohio, United States

Greenfield Township is one of the thirteen townships of Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 5,565, of whom 5,027 lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Portions of three villages are located in Bloom Township: a part of Carroll in the northeast, and most of Lithopolis plus a small portion of Canal Winchester in the northwest.

Carroll, Ohio Village in Ohio, United States

Carroll is a village in Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. The population was 524 at the 2010 census.

Lithopolis, Ohio Village in Ohio, United States

Lithopolis is a village in Fairfield and Franklin counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 1,106 at the 2010 census.

Canal Winchester, Ohio City in Ohio, United States

Canal Winchester is a city in Fairfield and Franklin counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 7,101 at the 2010 census.

Name and history

Statewide, other Bloom Townships are located in Morgan, Scioto, Seneca, and Wood counties.

Bloom Township, Morgan County, Ohio Township in Ohio, United States

Bloom Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,015 people in the township.

Bloom Township, Scioto County, Ohio Township in Ohio, United States

Bloom Township is one of the sixteen townships of Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The population at the 2010 census was 3,235, out of which 2,369 people resided in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Bloom Township, Seneca County, Ohio Township in Ohio, United States

Bloom Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census found 1,799 people in the township, 843 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Bloom Township was established in 1805. [5] It is the location of the Old Maid's Orchard Mound, a burial mound constructed by the Adena culture; it lies within Chestnut Ridge Metro Park, [6] in the northern part of the township. [7]

The Old Maid's Orchard Mound is a Native American mound in the central portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. Located near the village of Lithopolis in Fairfield County, the mound lies within the boundaries of Chestnut Ridge Metro Park, in northern Bloom Township.

Tumulus Mound of earth and stones raised over graves

A tumulus is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds or kurgans, and may be found throughout much of the world. A cairn, which is a mound of stones built for various purposes, may also originally have been a tumulus.

Adena culture archaeological culture

The Adena culture was a Pre-Columbian Native American culture that existed from 1000 to 200 BC, in a time known as the Early Woodland period. The Adena culture refers to what were probably a number of related Native American societies sharing a burial complex and ceremonial system. The Adena lived in an area including parts of present-day Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Kentucky, New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.

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, [8] 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.

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References

  1. 1 2 "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2013-09-11. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  3. ↑ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Bloom township, Fairfield County, Ohio". American FactFinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Remainder of Bloom township, Bloom township, Fairfield County, Ohio". American FactFinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
  5. ↑ Miller, Charles Christian (1912). History of Fairfield County, Ohio, and representative citizens. Chicago, Richmond-Arnold Pub. Co. p. 132.
  6. ↑ Metro Parks Fact Sheets: The Adena Way of Life Archived 2010-09-28 at the Wayback Machine , Metro Parks, 2004. Accessed 2010-10-30.
  7. ↑ DeLorme. Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. 7th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, 68. ISBN   978-0-89933-281-9.
  8. ↑ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.
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