Allen Township, Darke County, Ohio

Allen Township, Darke County, Ohio
Township
Much of Allen Township is wide, flat farmland
Location in Darke County and the state of Ohio.
Coordinates: 40°18′53″N84°39′46″W / 40.31472°N 84.66278°W / 40.31472; -84.66278 Coordinates: 40°18′53″N84°39′46″W / 40.31472°N 84.66278°W / 40.31472; -84.66278
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Darke
Area
• Total	28.9 sq mi (74.9 km2)
• Land	28.8 sq mi (74.5 km2)
• Water	0.2 sq mi (0.4 km2)
Elevation [1]	1,043 ft (318 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	1,098
• Density	38/sq mi (14.7/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code	39-01294 [2]
GNIS feature ID	1086010 [1]

Allen Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census found 1,098 people in the township, ^[3] 687 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. ^[4]

Geography

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

• Granville Township, Mercer County - north
• Wabash Township - northeast
• York Township - southeast
• Brown Township - south
• Jackson Township - southwest
• Mississinawa Township - west
• Gibson Township, Mercer County - northwest

Three incorporated villages are located in Allen Township:

• Part of Burkettsville in the far north
• New Weston in the north
• Rossburg in the southeast

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Allen Townships are located in Hancock, Ottawa, and Union Counties. ^[5]

The first settlers within the bounds of today's Allen Township were the families of Ephraim and Aaron Ireland. The township was organized in March 1839 as a split from Brown Township. ^[6] It was greatly reduced when the Mercer County line was extended to the south; approximately half of the township was split off to form that county's Granville Township. The first school in the township was built in 1840, and the first church was an Evangelical congregation. ^{[7] :564} The first railroad in the township was a predecessor of the Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railroad, which built a line through Rossburg and New Weston in 1883. ^{[7] :565}

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, ^[8] 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 Jerry Bergman, Paul Mestemaker, and Neal Siefring, and the clerk is Patricia Kaiser. ^[9]

References

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved 2008-01-31.
3. "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Allen township, Darke County, Ohio". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
4. "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Remainder of Allen township, Allen township, Darke County, Ohio". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 14, 2020. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
5. "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved 2007-02-16.
6. The History of Darke County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County; Its Cities, Towns, Etc. W. H. Beers & Company. 1880. pp.  390.
7. Wilson, Frazer Ells (1914). History of Darke County, Ohio, from its earliest settlement to the present time, Vol. 1. Milford, Ohio: Hobart Publishing Company.
8. §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.
9. Township Trustees Archived 2007-06-15 at the Wayback Machine . Darke County. Accessed 2007-06-01.

External links

• County website