Allen Township, Union County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Allen Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Union County


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

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area_total_km2 = 78.0
area_land_km2 = 77.9
area_water_km2 = 0.1
area_total_sq_mi = 30.1
area_land_sq_mi = 30.1
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1518
population_density_km2 = 19.5
population_density_sq_mi = 50.4

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 313
elevation_ft = 1027
latd = 40 |latm = 14 |lats = 59 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 29 |longs = 24 |longEW = W

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Allen Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,518 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39159 Union County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Liberty Township - north
*Paris Township - east
*Union Township - southeast
*Rush Township, Champaign County - southwest
*Zane Township, Logan County - west

No municipalities are located in Allen Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Allen Townships are located in Darke, Hancock, and Ottawa Counties.

Allen Township was organized on June 5, 1827.

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.

References

External links

* [http://www.allentwp.org Township website]
* [http://www.co.union.oh.us Union County website]