ADAMS TOWNSHIP, MUSKINGUM COUNTY, OHIO

'Adams Township' is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 516 people in the township.^[1]

Contents

Geography

Name and history

Government

References

External links

Geography

Located on the northern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:

★ Franklin Township, Coshocton County - north

★ Linton Township, Coshocton County - northeast corner

★ Monroe Township - east

★ Highland Township - southeast corner

★ Salem Township - south

★ Madison Township - west

★ Cass Township - northwest, south of Virginia Township

★ Virginia Township, Coshocton County - northwest corner
No municipalities are located in Adams 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. Muskingum County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.

External links

★ County website