Allen Township is one of the twenty
townships
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of
Darke County
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Ohio
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, United States. The
2010 census found 1,098 people in the township,
687 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
Geography
Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Granville Township, Mercer County - north
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Wabash Township - northeast
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York Township - southeast
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Brown Township - south
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Jackson Township - southwest
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Mississinawa Township - west
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Gibson Township, Mercer County - northwest
Three incorporated villages are located in Allen Township:
*Part of
Burkettsville in the far north
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New Weston
New Weston is a village in Darke County, Ohio, United States. The population was 136 at the 2010 census.
New Weston is home to the Eldora Speedway, a half-mile clay oval race track.
History
New Weston was founded in the 1880s during the constr ...
in the north
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Rossburg in the southeast
Name and history
Statewide, the only other Allen Townships are located in
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Counties.
The first settlers within the bounds of today's Allen Township were the families of Ephraim and Aaron Ireland. The township was organized in March 1839 as a split from
Brown Township. It was greatly reduced when the
Mercer County line was extended to the south; approximately half of the township was split off to form that county's
Granville Township. The first school in the township was built in 1840, and the first church was an
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congregation.
The first railroad in the township was a predecessor of the
Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railroad, which built a line through Rossburg and New Weston in 1883.
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, 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 Jerry Bergman, Paul Mestemaker, and Neal Siefring, and the clerk is Patricia Kaiser.
Township Trustees
. Darke County. Accessed 2007-06-01.
References
External links
County website
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Townships in Darke County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio