Allen Township, Darke County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Allen Township, Darke County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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image_caption = Much of Allen Township is wide, flat farmland.


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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 = 75.0
area_land_km2 = 74.8
area_water_km2 = 0.3
area_total_sq_mi = 29.0
area_land_sq_mi = 28.9
area_water_sq_mi = 0.1

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1158
population_density_km2 = 15.5
population_density_sq_mi = 40.1

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 318
elevation_ft = 1043
latd = 40 |latm = 18 |lats = 53 |latNS = N
longd = 84 |longm = 39 |longs = 46 |longEW = W

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Allen Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,158 people in the township, 725 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 northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Granville Township, Mercer County - north
*Wabash Township - northeast
*York Township - southeast
*Brown Township - south
*Jackson Township - southwest
*Mississinawa Township - west
*Gibson Township, Mercer County - northwest

Three incorporated villages are located in Allen Township:
*Part of Burkettsville in the far north
*New Weston in the north
*Rossburg in the southeast

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Allen Townships are located in Hancock, Ottawa, and Union 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. The current trustees are Jerry Bergman, Paul Mestemaker, and Neal Siefring, and the clerk is Patricia Kaiser. [ [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]