Flushing Township, Belmont County, Ohio

Coordinates: 40°8′51″N 81°6′46″W / 40.14750°N 81.11278°W / 40.14750; -81.11278
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Flushing Township, Belmont County, Ohio
FIPS code
39-27566[2]
GNIS feature ID1085777[1]

Flushing Township is one of the sixteen

2020 census found 1,936 people in the township.[3]

Geography

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

Two villages are located in Flushing Township: Flushing in the east, and Holloway in the north.

Name and history

It is the only Flushing Township statewide.[4]

Flushing Township was organized in 1817.[5] Flushing Township was originally settled chiefly by Quakers.[6]

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,[7] 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.

References

  1. ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ "Flushing township, Belmont County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 24, 2023.
  4. ^ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved February 16, 2007.
  5. ^ McKelvey, A. T. (1903). Centennial History of Belmont County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens. Biographical Publishing Company. pp. 272.
  6. ^ Kilbourn, John (1833). The Ohio Gazetteer, or, a Topographical Dictionary. Scott and Wright. pp. 196. Retrieved December 12, 2013.
  7. ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

External links

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