Falls Township, Muskingum County, Ohio

Falls Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
Township

Municipalities and townships of Muskingum County
Coordinates: 39°58′59″N 82°2′5″W / 39.98306°N 82.03472°WCoordinates: 39°58′59″N 82°2′5″W / 39.98306°N 82.03472°W
Country United States
State Ohio
County Muskingum
Township Falls
Area
 • Total 26.2 sq mi (67.8 km2)
 • Land 24.9 sq mi (64.6 km2)
 • Water 1.3 sq mi (3.3 km2)
Elevation[1] 732 ft (223 m)
Population (2000)
 • Total 8,585
 • Density 344.3/sq mi (133.0/km2)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code 39-26502[2]
GNIS feature ID 1086718[1]

Falls Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 8,585 people in the township.[3]

Geography

Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:

Much of the city of Zanesville, the county seat of Muskingum County, occupies eastern Falls Township, and the census-designated place of North Zanesville is located northeast of the city of Zanesville.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Falls Township is located in Hocking County.

Falls Township was described in 1833 as having one church, one physician, two flouring mills, three saw mills, one woolen manufactory, one oil mill, one salt factory, and one iron furnace and foundry.[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

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  3. ↑ Muskingum County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
  4. ↑ Kilbourn, John (1833). "The Ohio Gazetteer, or, a Topographical Dictionary". Scott and Wright. p. 193. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  5. ↑ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

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