Butler Township, Montgomery County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Butler Township, Montgomery County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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image_caption = Location within Montgomery County


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Montgomery

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area_total_km2 = 52.1
area_land_km2 = 51.3
area_water_km2 = 0.8
area_total_sq_mi = 20.1
area_land_sq_mi = 19.8
area_water_sq_mi = 0.3

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 8382
population_density_km2 = 163.5
population_density_sq_mi = 423.3

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 294
elevation_ft = 965
latd = 39 |latm = 52 |lats = 14 |latNS = N
longd = 84 |longm = 13 |longs = 44 |longEW = W

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Butler Township is one of the nine townships of Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 8,382 people in the township, 8,367 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39113 Montgomery 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 and cities:
*Monroe Township, Miami County - north
*Vandalia - east
*Dayton - southeast
*Harrison Township - south
*Clayton - southwest
*Englewood - west
*Union Township, Miami County - northwest

Three cities are located in what was originally parts of Butler Township:
*Part of Dayton, the county seat of Montgomery County, in the northeast and a smaller portion in the southeast
*Part of Union, in the northwest
*Vandalia, in the east

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.

References

External links

* [http://www.butlertownship.com Township website]
* [http://www.co.montgomery.oh.us County website]