Stokes Township, Logan County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Stokes Township, Logan County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Stokes Township in Ohio


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map_caption1 = Municipalities and townships of Logan County

subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Logan

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area_total_km2 = 98.9
area_land_km2 = 84.3
area_water_km2 = 14.6
area_total_sq_mi = 38.2
area_land_sq_mi = 32.5
area_water_sq_mi = 5.6

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 5367
population_density_km2 = 63.7
population_density_sq_mi = 165.0

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 302
elevation_ft = 991
latd = 40 |latm = 30 |lats = 28 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 54 |longs = 25 |longEW = W

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area_code = 937
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Stokes Township is one of the seventeen townships of Logan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,367 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39091 Logan County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 12 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Goshen Township, Auglaize County - north
*Roundhead Township, Hardin County - northeast
*Richland Township - east
*Washington Township - southeast
*Bloomfield Township - south
*Jackson Township, Shelby County - southwest
*Clay Township, Auglaize County - northwest

The village of Lakeview is located in eastern Stokes Township, and the unincorporated community of Santa Fe lies in the southwestern part of the county, along the Clay Township border.

A significant portion of eastern Stokes Township is occupied by Indian Lake.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Stokes Township is located in Madison County.

Stokes Township was formed in 1838 from Bloomfield Township.fact|date=July 2007

The township was also involved in one of the last county border changes in Ohio. This change occurred in 1888 when part of Stokes Township was exchanged with Clay Township in Auglaize County for part of that county's Goshen Township. [http://www.myohiogenealogy.com/oh_maps/oh_cf.htm Ohio County Formation Maps. Ohio Genealogical Society. Accessed 05 July 2007. "Year 1888".]

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, 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.

In the elections of November 2007, Dustin Wickerham defeated two other candidates in the election for the position of township trustee, [Examiner Staff, The. "Township Trustees: Township trustee results", "Bellefontaine Examiner", 2007-11-07, p. 2.] while Joan Shouse was elected without opposition to the position of township fiscal officer. [Examiner Staff, The. "Township Trustees: Township fiscal officer", "Bellefontaine Examiner", 2007-11-07, p. 2.]

Transportation

U.S. Route 33 is the most important highway in Stokes Township. Other significant highways include State Routes 235, 365, 366, 368, and 720.

References

External links

* [http://www.co.logan.oh.us County website]
* [http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/geosurvey/pdf/cotwpmap.pdf County & Township Map of Ohio] (PDF object)
* [http://www.co.logan.oh.us/html/county_map_-_large.html Detailed Logan County map]