Tully Township is one of the twelve

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of Van Wert County,

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, United States. The 2020 census found 2,013 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the northwestern corner of the county along the

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is located in southeastern Tully Township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Tully Township is located in Marion County.

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
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. 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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