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| Perry Township, Stark County, Ohio | |
|---|---|
| 鎮區 | |
 Welcome sign for Perry Township | |
 Location of Perry Township in Stark County | |
| 國家 | 美國 |
| 州份 | 俄亥俄州 |
| 縣 | Stark |
| 面積 | |
| • 總計 | 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） |
| 時區 | 東部（EST）（UTC-5） |
| • 夏時制 | EDT（UTC-4） |
| FIPS代碼 | 39-62078[2] |
| 地名信息系統特徵識別碼 | 1086986[1] |
Perry Township is one of the seventeen townships of Stark County, 俄亥俄州, 美國. 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, 與以下鎮區接壤：
- Jackson Township - 北
- Plain Township - 北east corner
- Canton Township - 東
- Pike Township - 東南 corner
- Bethlehem Township - 南
- Sugar Creek Township - 南west corner
- Tuscarawas Township - 西
- Lawrence Township - 北west corner
Several populated places are located in Perry Township:
- Most of the city of Massillon is located in the western half of Perry Township
- A small part of the village of Navarre, in the southwest
- The census-designated place of Perry Heights, in the northeast
- The unincorporated community of Richville, in the south
Name and history
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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.[需要解釋]
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]
政府
鎮區有3人組成的理事會管理。理事會理事選舉在奇數年11月舉行，並在來年1月1日開始四年任期。兩名理事的選舉在總統選舉後一年舉行，另一名的選舉在總統選舉前一年舉行。鎮區財務官亦由選舉產生[6]，與一名鎮區理事選舉同時舉行，不過在來年4月1日才開始四年任期。若財務官或理事職位有空缺，將由剩餘理事填補。
參考資料
- ^ 1.0 1.1 US Board on Geographic Names. United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25 [2008-01-31].
- ^ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. [2008-01-31].
- ^ Stark County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
- ^ Kilbourn, John. The Ohio Gazetteer, or, a Topographical Dictionary. Scott and Wright: 367. 1833 [12 December 2013].
- ^ Detailed map of Ohio (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000 [2007-02-16].
- ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.