Van Buren Township, Shelby County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Van Buren 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 = 96.0
area_land_km2 = 95.8
area_water_km2 = 0.2
area_total_sq_mi = 37.1
area_land_sq_mi = 37.0
area_water_sq_mi = 0.1

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1599
population_density_km2 = 16.7
population_density_sq_mi = 43.2

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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elevation_m = 298
elevation_ft = 978
latd = 40 |latm = 26 |lats = 46 |latNS = N
longd = 84 |longm = 16 |longs = 19 |longEW = W

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Van Buren Township is one of the fourteen townships of Shelby County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,599 people in the township, 1,424 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 northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Washington Township, Auglaize County - north
*Pusheta Township, Auglaize County - northeast corner
*Dinsmore Township - east
*Franklin Township - southeast
*Turtle Creek Township - south
*McLean Township - southwest, east of Jackson Township
*Jackson Township, Auglaize County - southwest corner, west of McLean Township
*German Township, Auglaize County - west
*Saint Marys Township, Auglaize County - northwest

The village of Kettlersville lies in central Van Buren Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Van Buren Townships are located in Darke, Hancock, Putnam 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.

References

External links

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