GERMAN TOWNSHIP, AUGLAIZE COUNTY, OHIO

'German Township' is one of the fourteen townships of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,831 people in the township, 929 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.^[1]

Contents

Geography

Name and history

Government

Public services

References

External links

Geography

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

★ Saint Marys Township - north

★ Van Buren Township, Shelby County - east

★ McLean Township, Shelby County - southeast corner

★ Jackson Township - south

★ Marion Township, Mercer County - southwest

★ Franklin Township, Mercer County - northwest
The village of New Bremen is located in eastern German Township.
German Township contains eighteen square miles.^[2]

Name and history

Statewide, other German Townships are located in Clark, Fulton, Harrison, and Montgomery Counties.
Formed while still part of Mercer County, the township originally included Jackson Township until separation in 1858.^[3]

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.

Public services

The majority of the township is in the New Bremen School District with southwestern portions being located the Marion Local School District.
The majority of the township is served by the New Bremen (45869) post office, while the southeastern section of the township is served by the Minster (45865) post office.

References

1. Auglaize County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
2. Auglaize County, Ohio 2006 Highway Map Auglaize County Engineer's Office, 2006. Accessed 05 July 2007.
3. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/FH9&CISOPTR=38590&REC=8 Auglaize County, Ohio Atlas and History, Piqua: Magee Brother Publishing , 1917. Accessed 05 July 2007. Page 103.

External links

★ County website