Patterson Township, Darke County, Ohio

Darke County

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Patterson Township is one of 20 townships of Darke County in the U.S. state of Ohio. According to the census in 2000 1308 inhabitants were registered here.

Geography

Patterson Township is located in the extreme northeast of the Darke County in western Ohio and bordered clockwise to the townships: Marion Township, Mercer County, McLean Township, Shelby County, Cynthian Township ( Shelby County), Loramie Township ( Shelby County), Wayne Township, York Township and Wabash Township.

Management

The township is administered by a Board of Trustees consisting of three elected members. Two persons are elected in the year after the presidential election and one each in the previous year. The term of office lasts four years, beginning on 1 January. There is also a Township Clerk ( responsible for finance and budget), which is also elected in the year before the presidential election to a four -year term. Whose term of office begins on April 1.