Greenville Township, Darke County, Ohio

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Greenville Township, Darke County, Ohio
Township

The Beehive School, a historic site in the township

Location in Darke County and the state of Ohio.
Coordinates: 40°6′27″N 84°37′44″W / 40.10750°N 84.62889°WCoordinates: 40°6′27″N 84°37′44″W / 40.10750°N 84.62889°W
Country United States
State Ohio
County Darke
Area
  Total 57.6 sq mi (149.1 km2)
  Land 57.6 sq mi (149.1 km2)
  Water 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation[1] 1,033 ft (315 m)
Population (2000)
  Total 18,125
  Density 314.8/sq mi (121.6/km2)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
  Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 45331
Area code(s) 937
FIPS code 39-32354[2]
GNIS feature ID 1086014[1]

Greenville Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 18,125 people in the township, 4,831 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township, including Woodington,dividing Greenville and Brown townships, named after its first settler, John Woodington.[3]

Geography

Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:

The city of Greenville, the county seat of Darke County, is located in central Greenville Township.

Name and history

It is the only Greenville Township statewide.[4]

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,[5] 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 George S. Luce Jr., William Kelly, and Mike Stegall, and the clerk is Barbara Anthony.[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  3. Darke County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
  4. "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved 2007-02-16.
  5. §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.
  6. Township Trustees. Darke County. Accessed 2007-06-01.

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