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| Mantua Township, Portage County, Ohio | |
|---|---|
| Township | |
 Historic Snow Home, built in 1815 | |
 Location within Portage County | |
| 國家 | 美國 |
| 州份 | 俄亥俄州 |
| 縣 | Portage |
| 面積 | |
| • 總計 | 26.6 平方英里（68.8 平方公里） |
| • 陸地 | 26.5 平方英里（68.5 平方公里） |
| • 水域 | 0.1 平方英里（0.2 平方公里） |
| 海拔[1] | 1,175 英尺（358 公尺） |
| 人口（2010年） | |
| • 總計 | 4,811人 |
| • 密度 | 176.1人/平方英里（68.0人/平方公里） |
| 時區 | 東部（EST）（UTC-5） |
| • 夏時制 | EDT（UTC-4） |
| ZIP code | 44255 |
| 電話區號 | 330, 234 |
| FIPS代碼 | 39-47194[2] |
| 地名信息系統特徵識別碼 | 1086831[1] |
Mantua Township /ˈmænəweɪ/ is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, 俄亥俄州, 美國. The 2000 census found 4,661 people in the township.[3]
Name and history
Mantua Township was named in commemoration of Mantua, Italy, which in 1796 was besieged by Napoleon, during the Napoleonic Wars.[4]
It is the only Mantua Township statewide.[5]
政府
鎮區有3人組成的理事會管理。理事會理事選舉在奇數年11月舉行，並在來年1月1日開始四年任期。兩名理事的選舉在總統選舉後一年舉行，另一名的選舉在總統選舉前一年舉行。鎮區財務官亦由選舉產生[6]，與一名鎮區理事選舉同時舉行，不過在來年4月1日才開始四年任期。若財務官或理事職位有空缺，將由剩餘理事填補。
地理
Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships and cities:
- Auburn Township, Geauga County - 北
- Troy Township, Geauga County - 北east corner
- Hiram Township - 東
- Freedom Township - 東南 corner
- Shalersville Township - 南
- Streetsboro - 南west corner
- Aurora - 西
- Bainbridge Township, Geauga County - 北west corner
The village of Mantua, which became independent of the township in 1993,[7] is located in what was previously southern Mantua Township and borders the township on three sides.
Formed from the Connecticut Western Reserve, Mantua Township covers an area of 26 sq mi（67 km2）.
Notable people
- Eliza Roxcy Snow Smith, an early Latter Day Saint leader, and a plural wife of both Joseph Smith and Brigham Young
- Lorenzo Snow, a former president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The community of Mantua, Utah, in Utah's Box Elder County, was named in honor of Snow and his hometown.[8]
參考資料
- ^ 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].
- ^ Portage County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
- ^ History of Portage County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County, Its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.. Warner, Beers & Company. 1885: 480.
- ^ Detailed map of Ohio (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000 [2007-02-16].
- ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.
- ^ Census Bureau data
- ^ Jenson, Andrew. Origin of Western Geographic Names. The Utah genealogical and historical magazine. 1920, 11 (2): 83.
But in 1864 the settlement was named Mantua, after Mantua, Portage County, Ohio, the birthplace of President Lorenzo Snow.
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