- Mead Township, Belmont County, Ohio
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Mead Township, Ohio — Township — Municipalities and townships of Belmont County.
Coordinates: 39°57′32″N 80°47′22″W / 39.95889°N 80.78944°WCoordinates: 39°57′32″N 80°47′22″W / 39.95889°N 80.78944°W Country United States State Ohio County Belmont Area – Total 31.9 sq mi (82.7 km2) – Land 31.9 sq mi (82.7 km2) – Water 0.0 sq mi (0.1 km2) Elevation[1] 1,066 ft (325 m) Population (2000) – Total 6,023 – Density 188.7/sq mi (72.8/km2) Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) – Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4) FIPS code 39-48580[2] GNIS feature ID 1085780[1] Mead Township is one of the sixteen townships of Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,023 people in the township, 2,405 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[3]
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Geography
Located in the southeastern part of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships:
- Pultney Township - northeast
- York Township - south
- Washington Township - southwest
- Smith Township - west
- Richland Township - northwest
Marshall County, West Virginia lies across the Ohio River to the east.
Most of the village of Shadyside is located in northeastern Mead Township, along the Ohio River.
Name and history
It is the only Mead Township statewide.[4]
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,[5] 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
- ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ Belmont County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
- ^ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/cousub_outline/cen2k_pgsz/oh_cosub.pdf. Retrieved 2007-02-16.
- ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.
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Municipalities and communities of Belmont County, Ohio Cities 
Villages Barnesville | Bellaire | Belmont | Bethesda | Bridgeport | Brookside | Fairview‡ | Flushing | Holloway | Morristown | Powhatan Point | Shadyside | Wilson‡ | Yorkville‡
Townships CDP Unincorporated
communitiesFootnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
Categories:- Townships in Belmont County, Ohio
- Wheeling metropolitan area
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