Brown Township, Darke County, Ohio

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official_name = Brown Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Darke County.


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Darke

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area_total_km2 = 76.9
area_land_km2 = 76.9
area_water_km2 = 0.1
area_total_sq_mi = 29.7
area_land_sq_mi = 29.7
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 2046
population_density_km2 = 26.6
population_density_sq_mi = 68.9

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 306
elevation_ft = 1004
latd = 40 |latm = 13 |lats = 13 |latNS = N
longd = 84 |longm = 38 |longs = 58 |longEW = W

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Brown Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,046 people in the township, 901 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39037 Darke County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

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.

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 clerk, 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 clerkship 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. [ [http://www.co.darke.oh.us/trustees.htm Township Trustees] . Darke County. Accessed 2007-06-01.]

References

External links

* [http://www.co.darke.oh.us County website]