Twin 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
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, United States. The
2010 census found 4,060 people in the township,
1,587 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
Geography
Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Van Buren Township - north
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Franklin Township - northeast corner
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Monroe Township - east
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Harrison Township, Preble County - south
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Monroe Township, Preble County - southwest corner
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Butler Township - west
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Neave Township - northwest corner
Three incorporated villages are located in Twin Township:
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Arcanum, in the north
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Gordon
Gordon may refer to:
People
* Gordon (given name), a masculine given name, including list of persons and fictional characters
* Gordon (surname), the surname
* Gordon (slave), escaped to a Union Army camp during the U.S. Civil War
* Clan Gordon, ...
, in the southeast
*
Ithaca
Ithaca most commonly refers to:
*Homer's Ithaca, an island featured in Homer's ''Odyssey''
*Ithaca (island), an island in Greece, possibly Homer's Ithaca
*Ithaca, New York, a city, and home of Cornell University and Ithaca College
Ithaca, Ithaka ...
, in the south
Name and history
Statewide, other Twin Townships are located in
Preble and
Ross Ross or ROSS may refer to:
People
* Clan Ross, a Highland Scottish clan
* Ross (name), including a list of people with the surname or given name Ross, as well as the meaning
* Earl of Ross, a peerage of Scotland
Places
* RoSS, the Republic of Sou ...
counties.
Twin Township was established in 1817 from land given by Greenville Township. The township takes its name from
Twin Creek.
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 Mike Schweiterman, Jerry Snyder and Wayne Stutz, and the clerk is Deborah Dynes.
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