Official Name: | Adams Township, Champaign County, Ohio |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Ohio |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Champaign |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Km2: | 80.4 |
Area Land Km2: | 80.4 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.0 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 1036[1] |
Population Density Km2: | 13.8 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 348 |
Elevation Ft: | 1142 |
Coordinates: | 40.2322°N -83.9633°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 39-00212[3] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1085838 |
Adams Township is one of the twelve townships of Champaign County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 1,036.
In the northwestern corner of the county, Adams Township borders the following townships:
No municipalities are in Adams Township, although the unincorporated community of Rosewood lies in the township's south.
Adams Township was organized in 1828.[4] It was named for John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United States.[5] It is one of ten Adams Townships statewide.[6]
The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to four-year terms that begin 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.