用户:Addis-Bot/township/Category:Townships in Ohio by county/Mecca Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
Mecca Township, Trumbull County, Ohio | |
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镇区 | |
Mosquito Lake just west of Mecca Center | |
Location of Mecca Township in Trumbull County | |
国家 | 美国 |
州份 | 俄亥俄州 |
县 | Trumbull |
面积 | |
• 总计 | 26.7 平方英里(69.3 平方公里) |
• 陆地 | 20.2 平方英里(52.4 平方公里) |
• 水域 | 6.5 平方英里(16.8 平方公里) |
海拔[1] | 958 英尺(292 米) |
人口(2000年) | |
• 总计 | 2,829人 |
• 密度 | 139.7人/平方英里(53.9人/平方公里) |
时区 | 东部(EST)(UTC-5) |
• 夏时制 | EDT(UTC-4) |
ZIP code | 44410 |
电话区号 | 330 |
FIPS代码 | 39-48678[2] |
地名信息系统特征识别码 | 1087039[1] |
Mecca Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, 俄亥俄州, 美国. The 2000 census found 2,829 people in the township.[3]
地理
[编辑]Located in the northern part of the county, 与以下镇区接壤:
- Greene Township - 北
- Gustavus Township - 北east corner
- Johnston Township - 东
- Fowler Township - 东南 corner
- Bazetta Township - 南
- Champion Township - 南west corner
- Bristol Township - 西
- Bloomfield Township - 北west corner
No municipalities are located in Mecca Township.
Name and history
[编辑]It is the only Mecca Township statewide.[4]
The history of drilling for oil in southwestern Mecca Township, beginning in the 1860s, was recorded in an article in a postal history magazine in 2000. The article was illustrated by maps of the area, by an envelope mailed from the Oil Diggins post office in May 1866, and by a photograph of the "Diggins" restaurant in West Mecca, stated to be "the only building standing as a reminder of the town of Oil Diggins".[5]
政府
[编辑]镇区有3人组成的理事会管理。理事会理事选举在奇数年11月举行,并在来年1月1日开始四年任期。两名理事的选举在总统选举后一年举行,另一名的选举在总统选举前一年举行。镇区财务官亦由选举产生[6],与一名镇区理事选举同时举行,不过在来年4月1日才开始四年任期。若财务官或理事职位有空缺,将由剩余理事填补。[来源请求]
参考资料
[编辑]- ^ 1.0 1.1 US Board on Geographic Names. United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25 [2008-01-31].
- ^ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. [2008-01-31].
- ^ Trumbull County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
- ^ Detailed map of Ohio (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000 [2007-02-16].
- ^ Wyman, Richard V. "Oil Diggins, A Wild West Town in Ohio", in La Posta: A Journal of American Postal History, Vol. 31, number 3, July 2000, pp 48-51. Scappoose, Oregon: La Posta Publications.
- ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.