Country United States County Shelby FIPS code 39-79464 Elevation 298 m Population 1,599 (2000) | State Ohio Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) GNIS feature ID 1086970 Local time Friday 10:35 PM | |
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Weather 6°C, Wind NW at 18 km/h, 89% Humidity Area 96.09 km² (95.83 km² Land / 26 ha Water) | ||
Van Buren Township is one of the fourteen townships of Shelby County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,599 people in the township, 1,424 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
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Map of Van Buren Township, OH, USA
Geography
Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
The village of Kettlersville lies in central Van Buren Township and the unincorporated community of McCartyville is located in the township's south.
Name and history
Statewide, other Van Buren Townships are located in Darke, Hancock, 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 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 currant 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.