Logan Township, Auglaize County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Logan Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Logan Township in Auglaize County


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Auglaize

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area_total_km2 = 72.3
area_land_km2 = 72.2
area_water_km2 = 0.1
area_total_sq_mi = 27.9
area_land_sq_mi = 27.9
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1201
population_density_km2 = 16.6
population_density_sq_mi = 43.1

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 251
elevation_ft = 823
latd = 40 |latm = 38 |lats = 58 |latNS = N
longd = 84 |longm = 16 |longs = 53 |longEW = W

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Logan Township is one of the fourteen townships of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,201 people in the township, 946 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39011 Auglaize County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Amanda Township, Allen County - north
*Shawnee Township, Allen County - northeast
*Duchouquet Township - southeast
*Moulton Township - south
*Noble Township - southwest
*Salem Township - west
*Spencer Township, Allen County - northwest

The village of Buckland is located in southern Logan Township.

Logan Township contains twenty whole sections and six half sections for a total of twenty-three square miles. [ [http://www.auglaizecounty.org/Engineer/County%20map.htm Auglaize County, Ohio 2006 Highway Map] Auglaize County Engineer's Office, 2006. Accessed 05 July 2007.] It is crossed in the east by the Auglaize River. [DeLorme. "Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer". 7th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 45. ISBN 0-89933-281-1.]

Name and history

It is the only Logan Township statewide.

Formed in 1848, Logan Township was originally part of Moulton Township and Amanda Township in Allen County. [http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/FH9&CISOPTR=38590&REC=8 Auglaize County, Ohio Atlas and History, Piqua: Magee Brother Publishing , 1917. Accessed 05 July 2007.]

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 clerk, 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 clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

Public services

The township is split between the Wapakoneta City School District, the Saint Marys City School District, Spencerville Local Schools, and Shawnee Local Schools.

The eastern and southern sections of the township is served by the Wapakoneta (45895) post office, the northwestern section by the Spencerville (45887) post office, and the northeastern section by the Cridersville (45806) branch of the Lima post office. Buckland (45819) maintains a local post office.

References

External links

* [http://www.auglaizecounty.org County website]