Big Spring Township, Ohio Explained

Official Name:Big Spring Township, Ohio
Settlement Type:Township
Mapsize:250px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Ohio
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Seneca
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Km2:94.3
Area Land Km2:94.2
Area Water Km2:0.0
Area Total Sq Mi:36.4
Area Land Sq Mi:36.4
Area Water Sq Mi:0.0
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:1683
Population Density Km2:17.9
Population Density Sq Mi:46.2
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation Footnotes:[2]
Elevation M:256
Elevation Ft:840
Coordinates:41.0325°N -83.3578°W
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:39-06432[3]
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:1086941

Big Spring Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,683 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

The village of New Riegel is located in eastern Big Spring Township, and the unincorporated community of Alvada lies in the western part of the township. Big Spring Township also contains the unincorporated communities of Adrian and Springville.

Name and history

Big Spring Township was organized in 1833.[4] It was named from a creek in the southwestern part.[5]

It is the only Big Spring Township 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 fiscal officer,[6] 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 fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Big Spring township, Seneca County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile . United States Census Bureau . 20 August 2023.
  2. Web site: US Board on Geographic Names. 2008-01-31. United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25.
  3. Web site: U.S. Census website . . 2008-01-31 .
  4. Book: History of Seneca County: Containing a Detailed Narrative of the Principal Events that Have Occurred Since Its First Settlement Down to the Present Time . D. Campbell . Butterfield, Consul Willshire . 1848 . 185.
  5. Book: History of Seneca County, from the Close of the Revolutionary War to July, 1880 . Transcript Printing Company . Lang, William . 1880 . 486.
  6. http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/503.24 §503.24