Washington Township (Darke County, Ohio)

Darke County

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Washington Township is one of 20 townships of Darke County in the U.S. state of Ohio. According to the census in 2000 1382 inhabitants were registered here.

Geography

Washington Township is located in the extreme west of the Darke County in western Ohio, on the west by Indiana and clockwise in the townships: Jackson Township, Brown Township, Greenville Township, Liberty Township, Greensfork Township, Randolph County ( Indiana) and Wayne Township ( Randolph County, Indiana).

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.