Mantua Township, Portage County, Ohio facts for kids
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Mantua Township
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Historic Snow Home, built in 1815
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Location within Portage County
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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 | 1,175 ft (358 m) |
Population
(2010)
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• Total | 4,811 |
• Density | 176.1/sq mi (68.0/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code |
44255
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Area code(s) | 330, 234 |
FIPS code | 39-47194 |
GNIS feature ID | 1086831 |
Mantua Township is one of the eighteen townships of Portage County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,661 people in the township.
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Name and history
Mantua Township was named in commemoration of Mantua, Italy, which in 1796 was besieged by Napoleon, during the Napoleonic Wars.
It is the only Mantua Township statewide.
Geography
Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships and cities:
- Auburn Township, Geauga County - north
- Troy Township, Geauga County - northeast corner
- Hiram Township - east
- Freedom Township - southeast corner
- Shalersville Township - south
- Streetsboro - southwest corner
- Aurora - west
- Bainbridge Township, Geauga County - northwest corner
The village of Mantua, which became independent of the township in 1993, is located in what was previously southern Mantua Township and borders the township on three sides.
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 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.
See also
In Spanish: Municipio de Mantua (Ohio) para niños
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