Allen Township is one of the seventeen
townships of
Hancock County,
Ohio
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, United States. As of the
2020 census the population was 2,754.
Geography
Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Bloom Township, Wood County - northeast
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Cass Township - east
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Marion Township - southeast
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Liberty Township - southwest
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Portage Township - west
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Henry Township, Wood County - northwest
Several populated places are located in Allen Township:
*Part of
Findlay, a city and the
county seat
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of Hancock County, in the south
*
Van Buren, a village in the north
*
Mortimer, an
unincorporated community in the center
Name and history
Statewide, other Allen Townships are located in
Darke,
Ottawa
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, and
Union 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 fiscal officer,
§503.24§505.01
an
§507.01
of the Ohio Revised Code
The ''Ohio Revised Code'' (ORC) contains all current statutes of the Ohio General Assembly of a permanent and general nature, consolidated into provisions, titles, chapters and sections. However, the only official publication of the enactments o ...
. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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.
References
External links
Allen Township official website
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Townships in Hancock County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio