Virginia Township, Coshocton County, Ohio

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Virginia Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
Township
Adams-Gray House.jpg
The Adams-Gray House
Map of Coshocton County Ohio Highlighting Virginia Township.png
Location of Virginia Township in Coshocton County
Coordinates: 40°11′24″N81°56′28″W / 40.19000°N 81.94111°W / 40.19000; -81.94111
Country United States
State Ohio
County Coshocton
Area
 • Total25.1 sq mi (64.9 km2)
 • Land24.8 sq mi (64.3 km2)
 • Water0.2 sq mi (0.5 km2)
Elevation
[1]
804 ft (245 m)
Population
 (2020) [2]
 • Total563
 • Density22/sq mi (8.7/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code 39-80220 [3]
GNIS feature ID1085929 [1]

Virginia Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 563.

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Geography

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

No municipalities are located in Virginia Township, although the unincorporated communities of New Moscow and Willowbrook are located in the township's north. [4]

Name and history

Named for Virginia, the former home state of most of its early settlers, [5] : 610  it is the only Virginia Township statewide. [6]

Virginia Township was organized in 1828. [7] The first permanent settler in the township was Richard Tilton, a native of Redstone Old Fort in Pennsylvania, who established himself in late 1805. [5] : 611  Baptists were the first church to organize in the township, starting a congregation on Section 16 either in 1816 or 1818, [5] : 612  while the township's first school was formed in 1818. [5] : 613 

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. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ↑ "Virginia township, Coshocton County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  3. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ↑ DeLorme. Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. 7th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 60. ISBN   0-89933-281-1.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Graham, Albert Adams (1881). History of Coshocton County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, 1740-1881. A. A. Graham. p.  610.
  6. ↑ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved February 16, 2007.
  7. ↑ Hunt, William Ellis (1876). Historical Collections of Coshocton County, Ohio. R. Clarke & Company. pp.  3.
  8. ↑ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.
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