Van Buren Township, Hancock County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Van Buren Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Van Buren Township in Hancock County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 63.1
area_land_km2 = 63.1
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 24.4
area_land_sq_mi = 24.4
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 943
population_density_km2 = 14.9
population_density_sq_mi = 38.7

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 271
elevation_ft = 889
latd = 40 |latm = 52 |lats = 39 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 43 |longs = 20 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 45889
area_code = 419
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blank_info = 39-79408GR|2
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Van Buren Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 943 people in the township, 708 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39063 Hancock County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Eagle Township - north
*Madison Township - east
*Washington Township, Hardin County - south
*Liberty Township, Hardin County - southwest corner
*Orange Township - west
*Union Township - northwest corner

The village of Jenera is located in northern Van Buren Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Van Buren Townships are located in Darke, Putnam, and Shelby Counties.

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.

References

External links

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