Mississinawa 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, C ...
of
Darke County,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2010 census recorded 752 people living in the township.
Geography
Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Gibson Township, Mercer County - north
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Allen Township - east
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Jackson Township - south
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Jackson Township, Randolph County, Indiana
Jackson Township is one of eleven townships
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends t ...
- southwest
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Madison Township, Jay County, Indiana - northwest
No municipalities are located in Mississinawa Township.
Name and history
Named from the Mississinawa Creek, it is the only Mississinawa Township statewide.
The first settler within the bounds of today's Mississinawa Township was Philip Reprogle, who arrived in 1833. Six years passed before the township's establishment in March 1839; it was created from a part of
Jackson Township. Its borders were later extended northward to include part of
Gibson Township when the rest of that township became part of
Mercer County. The first church in the township was a
Methodist
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congregation that was established in 1851, while the township's first school was founded at an unknown date.
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'' 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 of the Ge ...
. 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
County website
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Townships in Darke County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio