Twin Township, Darke County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Twin 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 = 75.3
area_land_km2 = 75.3
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 29.1
area_land_sq_mi = 29.1
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 3946
population_density_km2 = 52.4
population_density_sq_mi = 135.8

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 319
elevation_ft = 1047
latd = 39 |latm = 58 |lats = 30 |latNS = N
longd = 84 |longm = 33 |longs = 13 |longEW = W

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Twin Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,946 people in the township, 1,578 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:
*Van Buren Township - north
*Franklin Township - northeast corner
*Monroe Township - east
*Harrison Township, Preble County - south
*Monroe Township, Preble County - southwest corner
*Butler Township - west
*Neave Township - northwest corner

Three incorporated villages are located in Twin Township:
*Arcanum, in the north
*Gordon, in the southeast
*Ithaca, in the south

Name and history

Statewide, other Twin Townships are located in Preble and Ross 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 Mike Fout, Joe Rinehart, and Jerry Snyder, and the clerk is Deborah Dynes. [ [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]