ALLEN TOWNSHIP, UNION COUNTY, OHIO

Municipalities and townships of Union County

'Allen Township' is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,518 people in the township.[1]

Contents
Geography
Name and history
Government
References
External link

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


1. Union County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.

External link



★ Township website

★ Union County website
Honda's major Marysville Auto Plant is the most important employer in Allen Township.


This article provided by Wikipedia. To edit the contents of this article, click here for original source.

psst.. try this: add to faves
©2009 TripAtlas.com