Mecca Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
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|subdivision_name2 = Trumbull
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|area_total_km2 = 69.3
|area_land_km2 = 52.4
|area_water_km2 = 16.8
|area_total_sq_mi = 26.7
|area_land_sq_mi = 20.2
|area_water_sq_mi = 6.5
|population_as_of = 2020
|population_total = 2319
|population_density_km2 = 44.3
|population_density_sq_mi = 114.8
|timezone = Eastern (EST)
|utc_offset = -5
|timezone_DST = EDT
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|postal_code_type = ZIP code
|postal_code = 44410
|area_code = 234/330
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|blank_info = 39-48678{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}
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Mecca Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 2,319 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
- Greene Township – north
- Gustavus Township – northeast corner
- Johnston Township – east
- Fowler Township – southeast corner
- Bazetta Township – south
- Champion Township – southwest corner
- Bristol Township – west
- Bloomfield Township – northwest corner
No municipalities are located in Mecca Township.
Name and history
Mecca Township was established in 1821.{{cite book|last=Overman|first=William Daniel|title=Ohio Town Names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015015361465;view=1up;seq=101|year=1958|publisher=Atlantic Press|location=Akron, OH|page=85}} The township derives its name from Mecca, in Saudi Arabia.{{cite book|last=Gannett|first=Henry|title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ|year=1905|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n203 204]}} It is the only Mecca Township statewide.{{Cite web| title = Detailed map of Ohio| work = | publisher = United States Census Bureau| year = 2000| url = http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/cousub_outline/cen2k_pgsz/oh_cosub.pdf| format = PDF| accessdate =February 16, 2007}}
The history of drilling for oil in southwestern Mecca Township, beginning in the 1860s, was recorded in an article in a postal history magazine in 2000. The article was illustrated by maps of the area, by an envelope mailed from the Oil Diggins post office in May 1866, and by a photograph of the "Diggins" restaurant in West Mecca, stated to be "the only building standing as a reminder of the town of Oil Diggins".Wyman, Richard V. "Oil Diggins, A Wild West Town in Ohio", in La Posta: A Journal of American Postal History, Vol. 31, number 3, July 2000, pp 48-51. Scappoose, Oregon: La Posta Publications.
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 April 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.{{citation needed|date=July 2012}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.co.trumbull.oh.us County website]
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Category:Townships in Trumbull County, Ohio
Category:1821 establishments in Ohio