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Perry Township, Stark County, Ohio
镇区
Welcome sign for Perry Township
Welcome sign for Perry Township
Location of Perry Township in Stark County
Location of Perry Township in Stark County
国家美国
州份俄亥俄州
Stark
面积
 • 总计24.3 平方英里(63.0 平方公里)
 • 陸地24.1 平方英里(62.4 平方公里)
 • 水域0.2 平方英里(0.6 平方公里)
海拔[1]1,079 英尺(329 公尺)
人口2000年
 • 總計29,167人
 • 密度1,211.4人/平方英里(467.7人/平方公里)
时区东部(EST)UTC-5
 • 夏时制EDT(UTC-4
FIPS代码39-62078[2]
地名信息系统特征识别码1086986[1]

Perry Township is one of the seventeen townships of Stark County, 俄亥俄州, 美国. It is an urban township; the 2000 census found 29,167 people in the township.[3]

地理

Located in the western part of the county, 与以下镇区接壤:

Several populated places are located in Perry Township:

Name and history

On December 7, 1813, Stark County Commissioners named Township 10, Range 9, Perry Township. It was named in honor of Oliver Hazard Perry, hero of the War of 1812. Commander Perry was the victor of a battle on Lake Erie on September 10, 1812.

The first formal settlement in the township was Kendal founded in 1812 by Thomas Rotch and his wife who were Quakers from Massachusetts. Other settlers arriving with the Rotch Family were Arvine Wales and Charles Skinner. They utilized Sippo Creek and operated a woolen factory and saw mill.

In 1826, James Duncan founded Massillon. The Ohio/Erie Canal was opened to Massillon in 1828 and the entire area and surrounding communities grew exponentially.[需要解释]

Johnny Appleseed (Jonathan Chapman) planted the first orchard in Perry Township on the south side of the Canton–Massillon Road on the Daum Farm. Dr. William Gardner was believed to have been the first physician to settle in Perry Township. He came from New York in 1814. The first religious society was the Religious Society of Friends in Kendal about 1813. Methodists soon populated the area.

In 1833, Perry Township contained three gristmills, seven saw mills, one fulling mill, two tanneries, and sixteen stores.[4]

The first school in the township was established in Kendal. Public schools or common schools came into existence in Perry Township in 1825. By 1875, Perry Township had seven one-room schools.

The construction of Reedurban, Genoa, and Richville Schools brought the one-room era to an end. In the 1950s, Whipple, Watson, Lohr, and Perry High were built. The 1956 opening of Perry High School signifies the first time Perry Local Schools offered secondary education. The growth of the school system continued with the construction of Edison Junior High in 1962 and a vocational wing on the High School in 1964.

Perry Township as a community experienced rapid growth. The agricultural farms from the early days have been reborn as housing developments, commercial and industrial sites, medical facilities, and municipal structures. In the 1970s, housing developments in the township were advertised as "the convenience of the city and the charm of the country".[需明示出處]

Today, Perry Township is a stable, united community with a population of nearly 30,000 residents. Even though most of the land has been developed, there is still a hint of the agricultural history in some sections of the township.

It is one of twenty-six Perry Townships statewide.[5]

Perry Township will celebrate its bicentennial in 2014

政府

镇区有3人组成的理事会管理。理事会理事选举在奇数年11月举行,并在来年1月1日开始四年任期。两名理事的选举在总统选举后一年举行,另一名的选举在总统选举前一年举行。镇区财务官亦由选举产生[6],与一名镇区理事选举同时举行,不过在来年4月1日才开始四年任期。若财务官或理事职位有空缺,将由剩余理事填补。

参考资料

  1. ^ 1.0 1.1 US Board on Geographic Names. United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25 [2008-01-31]. 
  2. ^ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. [2008-01-31]. 
  3. ^ Stark County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
  4. ^ Kilbourn, John. The Ohio Gazetteer, or, a Topographical Dictionary. Scott and Wright: 367. 1833 [12 December 2013]. 
  5. ^ Detailed map of Ohio (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000 [2007-02-16]. 
  6. ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

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