Adams Township, Darke County, Ohio

Adams Township, Darke County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Adams Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Darke County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 97.4
area_land_km2 = 97.1
area_water_km2 = 0.3
area_total_sq_mi = 37.6
area_land_sq_mi = 37.5
area_water_sq_mi = 0.1

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 3508
population_density_km2 = 36.1
population_density_sq_mi = 93.5

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 306
elevation_ft = 1004
latd = 40 |latm = 7 |lats = 47 |latNS = N
longd = 84 |longm = 29 |longs = 17 |longEW = W

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Adams Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,508 people in the township, 2,125 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39037 Darke County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Wayne Township - north
*Newberry Township, Miami County - east
*Newton Township, Miami County - southeast corner
*Franklin Township - south
*Van Buren Township - southwest
*Greenville Township - west
*Richland Township - northwest

Two incorporated villages are located in Adams Township: part of Bradford in the east, and Gettysburg in the south.

Name and history

It is one of ten Adams Townships statewide.

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. The current trustees are David Brewer, Claude Fenstermaker, and Donald Lecklider, and the clerk is E. Scott Crist. [ [http://www.co.darke.oh.us/trustees.htm Township Trustees] . Darke County. Accessed 2007-06-01.]

References

External links

* [http://www.co.darke.oh.us County website]


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