Tully Township, Van Wert County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Tully Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Tully Township in Van Wert County


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

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area_total_km2 = 93.6
area_land_km2 = 93.6
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 36.2
area_land_sq_mi = 36.2
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 2119
population_density_km2 = 22.6
population_density_sq_mi = 58.6

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 238
elevation_ft = 781
latd = 40 |latm = 56 |lats = 19 |latNS = N
longd = 84 |longm = 44 |longs = 10 |longEW = W

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Tully Township is one of the twelve townships of Van Wert County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,119 people in the township, 1,009 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39161 Van Wert County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the northwestern corner of the county along the Indiana line, it borders the following townships:
*Benton Township, Paulding County - north
*Blue Creek Township, Paulding County - northeast corner
*Union Township - east
*Pleasant Township - southeast corner
*Harrison Township - south
*Union Township, Adams County, Indiana - southwest
*Monroe Township, Allen County, Indiana - west

The village of Convoy is located in southeastern Tully Township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Tully Township is located in Marion County.

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.vanwertcounty.org County website]