Greenville Township is one of the twenty
townships
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
of
Darke County
Darke County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 51,881. Its county seat is Greenville. The county was created in 1809 and later organized in 1817. It is named for William Darke, an officer in the ...
,
Ohio
Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
, United States. The
2010 census found 17,613 people in the township,
4,386 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township, including Woodington.
Geography
Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Brown Township - north
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Richland Township - northeast
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Adams Township - east
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Van Buren Township - southeast
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Neave Township - south
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Liberty Township - southwest
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Washington Township - west
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Jackson Township - northwest corner
The city of
Greenville, the
county seat
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of Darke County, is located in central Greenville Township. The unincorporated community of Woodington is on the border between Greenville and Brown townships, and is named after its first settler, John Woodington.
Name and history
Greenville Township was the original township of Darke County, and at first contained all of its territory. It is the only Greenville Township 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 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 George S. Luce Jr., William Kelly, and Mike Stegall, and the clerk is Barbara Anthony.
Township Trustees
. Darke County. Accessed 2007-06-01.
References
External links
Greenville Township official websiteDarke County official website
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Townships in Darke County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio