Loramie Township, Shelby County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Loramie Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Shelby

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area_total_km2 = 92.1
area_land_km2 = 92.0
area_water_km2 = 0.1
area_total_sq_mi = 35.6
area_land_sq_mi = 35.5
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 2438
population_density_km2 = 26.5
population_density_sq_mi = 68.6

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 295
elevation_ft = 968
latd = 40 |latm = 14 |lats = 24 |latNS = N
longd = 84 |longm = 22 |longs = 6 |longEW = W

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Loramie Township is one of the fourteen townships of Shelby County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,438 people in the township, 1,887 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39149 Shelby County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Cynthian Township - north
*Washington Township - east
*Washington Township, Miami County - southeast
*Newberry Township, Miami County - south
*Wayne Township, Darke County - west
*Patterson Township, Darke County - northwest corner

The village of Russia is located in western Loramie Township, and the unincorporated community of Houston lies in the northern part of the township.

Name and history

It is the only Loramie Township 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.

References

External links

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