Van Buren Township is one of the seventeen
townships of
Hancock County,
Ohio
Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...
, United States. As of the
2020 census, the population was 1,024.
Geography
Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Eagle Township - north
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Madison Township - east
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Washington Township, Hardin County - south
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Liberty Township, Hardin County - southwest corner
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Orange Township - west
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Union Township - northwest corner
The village of
Jenera is located in northern Van Buren Township.
Name and history
Statewide, other Van Buren Townships are located in
Darke,
Putnam, and
Shelby counties.
Van Buren Township was organized in 1831. It was named for
Martin Van Buren
Martin Van Buren ( ; ; December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862) was the eighth president of the United States, serving from 1837 to 1841. A primary founder of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served as Attorney General o ...
, who had at that time served as Secretary of State, and who would go on to become President of the United States.
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'' (ORC) 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 o ...
. 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
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Townships in Hancock County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio