User:Addis-Bot/township/Category:Townships in Ohio by county/Van Buren Township, Darke County, Ohio
| Van Buren Township, Darke County, Ohio | |
|---|---|
| 镇区 | |
 Location in Darke County and the state of 俄亥俄州. | |
| 国家 | 美国 |
| 州份 | 俄亥俄州 |
| 县 | Darke |
| 面积 | |
| • 总计 | 25.4 平方英里（65.8 平方公里） |
| • 陸地 | 25.4 平方英里（65.8 平方公里） |
| • 水域 | 0.0 平方英里（0.0 平方公里） |
| 海拔[1] | 1,033 英尺（315 公尺） |
| 人口（2000年） | |
| • 總計 | 1,573人 |
| • 密度 | 61.9人/平方英里（23.9人/平方公里） |
| 时区 | 东部（EST）（UTC-5） |
| • 夏时制 | EDT（UTC-4） |
| FIPS代码 | 39-79380[2] |
| 地名信息系统特征识别码 | 1086024[1] |
Van Buren Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, 俄亥俄州, 美国. The 2000 census found 1,573 people in the township.[3]
地理[编辑]
Located in the southern part of the county, 与以下镇区接壤：
- Adams Township - 北
- Franklin Township - 东
- Monroe Township - 东南 corner
- Twin Township - 南
- Butler Township - 南west corner
- Neave Township - 西
- Greenville Township - 北west
No municipalities are located in Van Buren Township.
Name and history[编辑]
Statewide, other Van Buren Townships are located in Hancock, Putnam, and Shelby counties.
Van Buren Township was created in June 1838 and reduced by the formation of Franklin Township in June of the following year. It is probable that the township's first settlers arrived in 1818.[4]:591 Over thirty years passed between the first settlement and the foundation of the first churches; the United Brethren and Methodist Episcopal churches were established in 1850.[4]:592
Van Buren Township was named for Martin Van Buren, eighth President of the United States and President at the time of the township's creation.[5]
Government[编辑]
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 fiscal officer, 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 fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees. The current trustees are Tim Warner, David Delk, and Jed Smith, and the fiscal officer in Kent Thompson.[6]
参考资料[编辑]
- ^ 1.0 1.1 US Board on Geographic Names. United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25 [2008-01-31].
- ^ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. [2008-01-31].
- ^ Darke County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
- ^ 4.0 4.1 Wilson, Frazer. History of Darke County Ohio: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. Vol. 1. Milford: Hobart, 1914.
- ^ The History of Darke County, Ohio. W. H. Beers & Company. 1880: 451.
- ^ Township Trustees. Darke County. Accessed 2007-06-01.