SPENCER TOWNSHIP, ALLEN COUNTY, OHIO

'Spencer Township' is one of the twelve townships of Allen County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,106 people in the township, 871 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.^[1]

Contents

Geography

Name and history

Government

References

External links

Geography

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

★ Marion Township - northeast

★ Amanda Township - east

★ Logan Township, Auglaize County - southeast

★ Salem Township, Auglaize County - southwest

★ Jennings Township, Van Wert County - west
The village of Spencerville is located in southern Spencer Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Spencer Townships are located in Guernsey, Lucas, and Medina Counties.

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

External links

★ County website