Butler Township, Darke County, Ohio

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official_name = Butler Township, Darke County, 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 = 89.8
area_land_km2 = 89.7
area_water_km2 = 0.1
area_total_sq_mi = 34.7
area_land_sq_mi = 34.6
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1616
population_density_km2 = 18.0
population_density_sq_mi = 46.7

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 330
elevation_ft = 1083
latd = 39 |latm = 57 |lats = 29 |latNS = N
longd = 84 |longm = 39 |longs = 44 |longEW = W

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Butler Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,616 people in the township, 1,301 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 southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Neave Township - north
*Van Buren Township - northeast corner
*Twin Township - east
*Harrison Township, Preble County - southeast corner
*Monroe Township, Preble County - south
*Jefferson Township, Preble County - southwest corner
*Harrison Township - west
*Liberty Township - northwest corner

Two incorporated villages are located in Butler Township: Castine in the southeast, and part of New Madison in the west. The unincorporated community of Otterbein lies in the township's southwest.

Name and history

It is one of six Butler 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 Thomas Hans, Mark Loxley, and Larry Royer, and the clerk is Melissa Sullenbarger. [ [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]