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Brown Township, Darke County, Ohio

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Darke

FIPS code
  
39-09414

Elevation
  
306 m

Population
  
2,073 (2010)

State
  
Time zone
  
Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)

GNIS feature ID
  
1086011

Local time
  
Saturday 2:59 PM

Brown Township, Darke County, Ohio

Weather
  
-1°C, Wind E at 19 km/h, 81% Humidity

Area
  
76.92 km² (76.66 km² Land / 10 ha Water)

Brown Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census found 2,073 people in the township, 899 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Contents

Map of Brown Township, OH, USA

Geography

Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:

  • Allen Township - north
  • York Township - northeast
  • Richland Township - southeast
  • Greenville Township - south
  • Washington Township - southwest corner
  • Jackson Township - west
  • The village of Ansonia is located in eastern Brown Township.

    Name and history

    It is one of eight Brown Townships statewide.

    One of the flattest townships in Darke County, it was very swampy; the land was only drained in the 1870s, well after the completion of a similar process in the county's other townships.> Despite the wetness of the terrain, the first settler in the township, John Woodington, arrived prior to 1817, and the township's first church (a Church of Christ) and school were established in 1827. The township was founded in December 1833; up to this point, it had been a part of Washington Township.

    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 Ed Huff, Jr., Gregory Knick, and Kent Kimmel, and the clerk is Linda Wood.

    References

    Brown Township, Darke County, Ohio Wikipedia


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