User:Addis-Bot/township/Category:Townships in Ohio by county/Van Buren Township, Shelby County, Ohio
| Van Buren Township, Shelby County, Ohio | |
|---|---|
| 镇区 | |
 Former site of St. Patrick's Catholic Church in St. Patrick | |
 Location of Van Buren Township in Shelby County | |
| 国家 | 美国 |
| 州份 | 俄亥俄州 |
| 县 | Shelby |
| 面积 | |
| • 总计 | 37.1 平方英里（96.0 平方公里） |
| • 陸地 | 37.0 平方英里（95.8 平方公里） |
| • 水域 | 0.1 平方英里（0.2 平方公里） |
| 海拔[1] | 978 英尺（298 公尺） |
| 人口（2000年） | |
| • 總計 | 1,599人 |
| • 密度 | 43.2人/平方英里（16.7人/平方公里） |
| 时区 | 东部（EST）（UTC-5） |
| • 夏时制 | EDT（UTC-4） |
| FIPS代码 | 39-79464[2] |
| 地名信息系统特征识别码 | 1086970[1] |
Van Buren Township is one of the fourteen townships of Shelby County, 俄亥俄州, 美国. The 2000 census found 1,599 people in the township, 1,424 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[3]
地理[编辑]
Located in the northwestern corner of the county, 与以下镇区接壤：
- Washington Township, Auglaize County - 北
- Pusheta Township, Auglaize County - 北east corner
- Dinsmore Township - 东
- Franklin Township - 东南
- Turtle Creek Township - 南
- McLean Township - 南west, east of Jackson Township
- Jackson Township, Auglaize County - 南west corner, west of McLean Township
- German Township, Auglaize County - 西
- Saint Marys Township, Auglaize County - 北west
The village of Kettlersville lies in central Van Buren Township, and the unincorporated communities of McCartyville and St. Patrick are located in the township's south and southwest respectively.
Name and history[编辑]
Statewide, other Van Buren Townships are located in Darke, Hancock, Putnam counties.
Van Buren township was organized on December 1, 1834. Its first families had only arrived a short time before: the first white child in the township's present boundaries was Charles Maurer, who was born in the fall of 1833.[4]
政府[编辑]
镇区有3人组成的理事会管理。理事会理事选举在奇数年11月举行，并在来年1月1日开始四年任期。两名理事的选举在总统选举后一年举行，另一名的选举在总统选举前一年举行。镇区财务官亦由选举产生[5]，与一名镇区理事选举同时举行，不过在来年4月1日才开始四年任期。若财务官或理事职位有空缺，将由剩余理事填补。
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].
- ^ Shelby County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
- ^ History of Shelby County, Ohio With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Philadelphia: R. Sutton, 1883, 231.
- ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.