使用者:Addis-Bot/township/Category:Townships in Ohio by county/Van Buren Township, Shelby County, Ohio
| Van Buren Township, Shelby County, Ohio | |
|---|---|
| 鎮區 | |
 Former site of St. Patrick's Catholic Church in St. Patrick | |
 Location of Van Buren Township in Shelby County | |
| 國家 | 美國 |
| 州份 | 俄亥俄州 |
| 縣 | Shelby |
| 面積 | |
| • 總計 | 37.1 平方英里（96.0 平方公里） |
| • 陸地 | 37.0 平方英里（95.8 平方公里） |
| • 水域 | 0.1 平方英里（0.2 平方公里） |
| 海拔[1] | 978 英尺（298 公尺） |
| 人口（2000年） | |
| • 總計 | 1,599人 |
| • 密度 | 43.2人/平方英里（16.7人/平方公里） |
| 時區 | 東部（EST）（UTC-5） |
| • 夏時制 | EDT（UTC-4） |
| FIPS代碼 | 39-79464[2] |
| 地名信息系統特徵識別碼 | 1086970[1] |
Van Buren Township is one of the fourteen townships of Shelby County, 俄亥俄州, 美國. The 2000 census found 1,599 people in the township, 1,424 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[3]
地理
編輯Located in the northwestern corner of the county, 與以下鎮區接壤：
- Washington Township, Auglaize County - 北
- Pusheta Township, Auglaize County - 北east corner
- Dinsmore Township - 東
- Franklin Township - 東南
- Turtle Creek Township - 南
- McLean Township - 南west, east of Jackson Township
- Jackson Township, Auglaize County - 南west corner, west of McLean Township
- German Township, Auglaize County - 西
- Saint Marys Township, Auglaize County - 北west
The village of Kettlersville lies in central Van Buren Township, and the unincorporated communities of McCartyville and St. Patrick are located in the township's south and southwest respectively.
Name and history
編輯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.[4]
政府
編輯鎮區有3人組成的理事會管理。理事會理事選舉在奇數年11月舉行，並在來年1月1日開始四年任期。兩名理事的選舉在總統選舉後一年舉行，另一名的選舉在總統選舉前一年舉行。鎮區財務官亦由選舉產生[5]，與一名鎮區理事選舉同時舉行，不過在來年4月1日才開始四年任期。若財務官或理事職位有空缺，將由剩餘理事填補。
參考資料
編輯- ^ 1.0 1.1 US Board on Geographic Names. United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25 [2008-01-31].
- ^ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. [2008-01-31].
- ^ Shelby County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
- ^ History of Shelby County, Ohio With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Philadelphia: R. Sutton, 1883, 231.
- ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.