Adams Township, Coshocton County, Ohio

Coordinates: 40°19′44″N 81°39′22″W / 40.32889, -81.65611
Adams Township, Ohio
Municipalities and townships of Coshocton County.
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Coshocton
Area
- Township	sq mi (km²)
- Land	sq mi ( km²)
- Water	sq mi ( km²)
Elevation ³	ft ( m)
Population (2000)
- Township
- Density	/sq mi (/km²)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code	39-00240²
GNIS feature ID	1085909³

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]

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

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

External links

County website

Municipalities and communities of Coshocton County, Ohio
County seat: Coshocton
City	Coshocton
Villages	Baltic \| Conesville \| Nellie \| Plainfield \| Warsaw \| West Lafayette
Townships	Adams \| Bedford \| Bethlehem \| Clark \| Crawford \| Franklin \| Jackson \| Jefferson \| Keene \| Lafayette \| Linton \| Mill Creek \| Monroe \| Newcastle \| Oxford \| Perry \| Pike \| Tiverton \| Tuscarawas \| Virginia \| Washington \| White Eyes
Other localities	Bakersville \| Blissfield \| Fresno \| Keene \| Tunnel Hill \| Wakatomika \| Walhonding

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