Cass Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
| Cass Township, Muskingum County, Ohio | |
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| Township | |
Prospect Place, built 1856
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 Location of Cass Township in Muskingum County |
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| Coordinates: 40°7′48″N 82°1′6″W / 40.13000°N 82.01833°WCoordinates: 40°7′48″N 82°1′6″W / 40.13000°N 82.01833°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Muskingum |
| Area | |
| • Total | 28.7 sq mi (74.2 km2) |
| • Land | 28.2 sq mi (73.1 km2) |
| • Water | 0.4 sq mi (1.1 km2) |
| Elevation | 738 ft (225 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 1,492 |
| • Density | 52.9/sq mi (20.4/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| FIPS code | 39-12406 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1086716 |
Cass Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,492 people in the township, 1,419 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
Located on the northern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:
A small part of the village of Dresden is located in central Cass Township. Furthermore, two unincorporated communities lie in the township: Adams Mills in the northeast, and Trinway in the north.
Statewide, other Cass Townships are located in Hancock and Richland counties. The township is named for Major Jonathan Cass, who lived between Trinway and Adams Mills.
At a special election, held 1 Apr 1852, it was voted by the tax-payers of Jefferson Township, to issue to the Steubenville & Indiana Railway Company, township bonds to the amount of $100,000, to aid in the construction of this road. These bonds were to bear seven percent interest payable semi-annually, on the first day of January and July, and to mature 1 Jan 1862. This first issue of bonds was soon taken up and burned by the Township Trustees, because the County Auditor refused to register and officially sign them. On 22 Jul 1852 the Trustees re-issued these bonds, as set forth in the extract of the official record, given below:
"After due consideration, the Trustees took up, and destroyed by fire, the said $100,000 of bonds, and executed and delivered to said railway company, in lieu thereof, one hundred bonds of one thousand dollars ($1000) each, and numbered one to one thousand, consecutively, and dated them the same as the former issue, to-wit: April 1st 1852."
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