Big Spring Township, Ohio
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|subdivision_name2 = Seneca
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|area_total_km2 = 94.3
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|population_as_of = 2020
|population_total = 1683
|population_density_km2 = 17.9
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|timezone = Eastern (EST)
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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:
- Loudon Township - north
- Hopewell Township - northeast corner
- Seneca Township - east
- Tymochtee Township, Wyandot County - southeast corner
- Crawford Township, Wyandot County - south
- Ridge Township, Wyandot County - southwest corner
- Biglick Township, Hancock County - west
- Washington Township, Hancock County - northwest corner
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.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NT4VAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA185 | title=History of Seneca County: Containing a Detailed Narrative of the Principal Events that Have Occurred Since Its First Settlement Down to the Present Time | publisher=D. Campbell | author=Butterfield, Consul Willshire | year=1848 | pages=185}} It was named from a creek in the southwestern part.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ctlE6zuQQI0C&pg=PA486 | title=History of Seneca County, from the Close of the Revolutionary War to July, 1880 | publisher=Transcript Printing Company | author=Lang, William | year=1880 | pages=486}}
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,[http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/503.24 §503.24], [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/505.01 §505.01], and [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/507.01 §507.01] of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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
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External links
- [http://www.senecaco.org County website]
{{Seneca County, Ohio}}
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