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White Eyes Township, Coshocton County, Ohio

Township in Ohio, US

Field	Value
official_name	White Eyes Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
settlement_type	Township
image_skyline	Star quilt on red barn.JPG
image_caption	A decorated barn near Ohio State Route 93
image_map	Map of Coshocton County Ohio Highlighting White Eyes Township.png
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location of White Eyes Township in Coshocton County
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Ohio
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Coshocton
unit_pref	Imperial
area_total_km2	66.18
area_land_km2	66.13
area_water_km2	0.05
population_as_of	2020
population_footnotes
population_total	1222
population_density_km2	auto
population_density_sq_mi	auto
timezone	Eastern (EST)
utc_offset	-5
timezone_DST	EDT
utc_offset_DST	-4
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m	259
elevation_ft	850
coordinates
blank_name	FIPS code
blank_info	39-84714
blank1_name	GNIS feature ID
blank1_info	1085931

White Eyes Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 1,222.

Geography

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

Crawford Township - north
Bucks Township, Tuscarawas County - northeast corner
Adams Township - east
Oxford Township - southeast corner
Lafayette Township - south
Tuscarawas Township - southwest corner
Keene Township - west
Mill Creek Township - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in White Eyes Township, although the census-designated place of Fresno lies in the eastern part of the township.

Name and history

White Eyes Township was organized in 1823. It was named for White Eyes, a Lenape (Delaware) chief who lived in the Tuscarawas valley.

It is the only White Eyes 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, 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

"White Eyes township, Coshocton County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau.
(2007-10-25). "US Board on Geographic Names". [[United States Geological Survey]].
"U.S. Census website". [[United States Census Bureau]].
Kilbourn, John. (1833). "The Ohio Gazetteer, or, a Topographical Dictionary". Scott and Wright.
Hunt, William Ellis. (1876). "Historical Collections of Coshocton County, Ohio". R. Clarke & Company.
Graham, Albert Adams. (1881). "History of Coshocton County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, 1740-1881". A. A. Graham.
(2000). "Detailed map of Ohio". [[United States Census Bureau]].
[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.

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