ADAMS TOWNSHIP, COSHOCTON COUNTY, OHIO

Municipalities and townships of Coshocton County.

'Adams Township' is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 755 people in the township.[1]

Contents
Geography
Name and history
Government
References
External links

Geography


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

★ Bucks Township, Tuscarawas County - north

★ Jefferson Township, Tuscarawas County - northeast corner

★ Salem Township, Tuscarawas County - east

★ Oxford Township, Tuscarawas County - southeast corner

★ Oxford Township - south

★ Lafayette Township - southwest corner

★ White Eyes Township - west

★ Crawford Township - northwest corner
No municipalities are located in Adams Township, although the unincorporated community of Bakersville lies in the northeastern part of the township.

Name and history


It is one of ten Adams Townships 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


1. Coshocton County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.

External links



★ County website

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