Van Buren Township is one of the fourteen
townships
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of
Shelby County,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2000 census found 1,599 people in the township, 1,424 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
Geography
Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Washington Township, Auglaize County - north
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Pusheta Township, Auglaize County - northeast corner
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Dinsmore Township - east
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Franklin Township - southeast
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Turtle Creek Township - south
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McLean Township - southwest, east of Jackson Township
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Jackson Township, Auglaize County - southwest corner, west of McLean Township
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German Township, Auglaize County - west
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Saint Marys Township, Auglaize County - northwest
The village of
Kettlersville lies in central Van Buren Township and the
unincorporated community
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of
McCartyville is located in the township's south.
Name and history
Statewide, other Van Buren Townships are located in
Darke,
Hancock Hancock may refer to:
Places in the United States
* Hancock, Iowa
* Hancock, Maine
* Hancock, Maryland
* Hancock, Massachusetts
* Hancock, Michigan
* Hancock, Minnesota
* Hancock, Missouri
* Hancock, New Hampshire
** Hancock (CDP), New Hampshir ...
,
Putnam counties.
Van Buren township was organized on December 1, 1834. Its first families had only arrived a short time before: the
first white child
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Americas
Canada
Snorri Thorfinnsson, born around 1010 in the Viking settle ...
in the township's present boundaries was Charles Maurer, who was born in the fall of 1833.
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 representative to the regional planning commission is Mark Buehler Van Buren Township has currently 3 commissioners, a fiscal officer and a zoning officer shown as follows.
* Commissioner David J. Berning
* Commissioner Dave Kettler
* Commissioner Alan Luthman
* Fiscal Officer Karen Pleiman
* Zoning Officer Jack Schmiesing
References
External links
County website
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Townships in Shelby County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio