View source for White Eyes Township, Coshocton County, Ohio

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|official_name            = White Eyes Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
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|subdivision_name2        = [[Coshocton County, Ohio|Coshocton]]
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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
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|timezone                 = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
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'''White Eyes Township''' is one of the twenty-two [[civil township|townships]] of [[Coshocton County, Ohio|Coshocton County]], [[Ohio]], United States. As of the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]] the population was 1,222.
==Geography==
Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*[[Crawford Township, Coshocton County, Ohio|Crawford Township]] - north
*[[Bucks Township, Ohio|Bucks Township, Tuscarawas County]] - northeast corner
*[[Adams Township, Coshocton County, Ohio|Adams Township]] - east
*[[Oxford Township, Coshocton County, Ohio|Oxford Township]] - southeast corner
*[[Lafayette Township, Coshocton County, Ohio|Lafayette Township]] - south
*[[Tuscarawas Township, Coshocton County, Ohio|Tuscarawas Township]] - southwest corner
*[[Keene Township, Coshocton County, Ohio|Keene Township]] - west
*[[Mill Creek Township, Coshocton County, Ohio|Mill Creek Township]] - northwest corner
No municipalities are located in White Eyes Township, although the [[unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] of [[Fresno, Ohio|Fresno]] lies in the eastern part of the township.
==Name and history==
White Eyes Township was organized in 1823.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dt48AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA491 | title=The Ohio Gazetteer, or, a Topographical Dictionary | publisher=Scott and Wright | date=1833 | access-date=12 December 2013 | author=Kilbourn, John | pages=491}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8uguAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA3 | title=Historical Collections of Coshocton County, Ohio | publisher=R. Clarke & Company | author=Hunt, William Ellis | year=1876 | pages=3}}</ref> It was named for [[White Eyes]], a [[Lenape]] (Delaware) chief who lived in the Tuscarawas valley.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9gzVAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA619 | title=History of Coshocton County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, 1740-1881 | publisher=A. A. Graham | author=Graham, Albert Adams | year=1881 | pages=619}}</ref>
It is the only White Eyes Township statewide.<ref>{{Cite web| title = Detailed map of Ohio| publisher = [[United States Census Bureau]]| year = 2000| url = http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/cousub_outline/cen2k_pgsz/oh_cosub.pdf| access-date =2007-02-16}}</ref>
==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,<ref>[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.</ref> 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==
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==External links==
*[http://www.coshoctoncounty.net County website]
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[[Category:Townships in Coshocton County, Ohio]]
[[Category:Townships in Ohio]]