- Mantua Township, Portage County, Ohio
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Mantua Township, Portage County, Ohio — Township — Historic Snow Home, built in 1815.
Location within Portage County.
Coordinates: 41°17′50″N 81°14′36″W / 41.29722°N 81.24333°WCoordinates: 41°17′50″N 81°14′36″W / 41.29722°N 81.24333°W Country United States State Ohio County Portage Area - Total 26.6 sq mi (68.8 km2) - Land 26.5 sq mi (68.5 km2) - Water 0.1 sq mi (0.2 km2) Elevation[1] 1,175 ft (358 m) Population (2000) - Total 4,661 - Density 176.1/sq mi (68.0/km2) Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) - Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4) ZIP code 44255 Area code(s) 330, 234 FIPS code 39-47194[2] GNIS feature ID 1086831[1] Mantua Township (
/ˈmænəweɪ/) is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,661 people in the township.[3]Contents
Name and history
It is the only Mantua Township statewide.[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.
Geography
Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships and municipalities:
Bainbridge Township Auburn Township Troy Township Aurora 
Hiram Township 
Mantua Township 
Streetsboro Mantua, Shalersville Township Freedom Township The village of Mantua, which became independent of the township in 1993,[6] is located in southern Mantua Township.
Formed from the Connecticut Western Reserve, Mantua Township covers an area of 26 sq mi (67 km2).
Notable people
- Eliza Roxcy Snow Smith, an early Latter-day Saint leader, and a plural wife of both Joseph Smith, Jr. and Brigham Young
- Lorenzo Snow, a former President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The community of Mantua, Utah, in Utah's Box Elder County, was named in honor of Snow and his hometown.[7]
References
- ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ Portage County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
- ^ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/cousub_outline/cen2k_pgsz/oh_cosub.pdf. Retrieved 2007-02-16.
- ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.
- ^ Census Bureau data
- ^ Jenson, Andrew (1920). "Origin of Western Geographic Names". The Utah genealogical and historical magazine 11 (2): 83. http://books.google.com/books?id=u78UAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA83&lpg=RA1-PA83&dq=mantua+flaxville&source=bl&ots=3gna63OPz3&sig=GOsvPy6JcbzmZgyC-LBoRFHoSqM&hl=en&ei=NubuSobAMsGwlAfepcT_BA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CBoQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=mantua%20flaxville&f=false. "But in 1864 the settlement was named Mantua, after Mantua, Portage County, Ohio, the birthplace of President Lorenzo Snow."
External links
Municipalities and communities of Portage County, Ohio Cities Aurora | Kent | Ravenna | Streetsboro | Tallmadge‡
Villages Brady Lake | Garrettsville | Hiram | Mantua | Mogadore‡ | Sugar Bush Knolls | Windham
Townships CDP Unincorporated
communitiesFootnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
Categories:- Townships in Portage County, Ohio
- Akron metropolitan area
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