Dinsmore Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Shelby County

Shelby County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 47,910 people, 17,636 households, and 13,085 families residing in the county. The population density was 117 people per square mile . There were 18,682 housing units at an average density of 46 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 3,357 people in the township, 1,371 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Pusheta Township, Auglaize County
  Pusheta Township, Auglaize County, Ohio
  Pusheta Township is one of the fourteen townships of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,346 people in the township, 1,295 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Clay Township, Auglaize County
  Clay Township, Auglaize County, Ohio
  Clay Township is one of the fourteen townships of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 700 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Union Township - north...
  
   - northeast corner
• Jackson Township
  Jackson Township, Shelby County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the fourteen townships of Shelby County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,346 people in the township, 977 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Franklin Township
  Franklin Township, Shelby County, Ohio
  Franklin Township is one of the fourteen townships of Shelby County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,842 people in the township, 1,773 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Van Buren Township
  Van Buren Township, Shelby County, Ohio
  Van Buren Township is one of the fourteen townships of Shelby County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,599 people in the township, 1,424 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Washington Township, Auglaize County
  Washington Township, Auglaize County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the fourteen townships of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,320 people in the township, 1,429 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest corner

Two incorporated villages are located in Dinsmore Township: part of Anna

Anna, Ohio

Anna is a village in Shelby County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,319 at the 2000 census.Anna is the location of a Honda Motor Co., Ltd plant that builds the GM L66 engine and Honda J engine....

 in the south, and Botkins

Botkins, Ohio

Botkins is a village in Shelby County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,205 at the 2000 census. The village's welcome sign reads "Where the waters divide and the people unite."-Geography:Botkins is located at ....

in the north and center.

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 fiscal officer, 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 fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.