Greenville Township, Darke County, Ohio
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Greenville Township is one of the twenty townships
Civil township
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 of Darke County
Darke County, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 53,309 people, 20,419 households, and 14,905 families residing in the county. The population density was 89 people per square mile . There were 21,583 housing units at an average density of 36 per square mile...

, Ohio
Ohio
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, United States
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. The 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

 found 18,125 people in the township, 4,831 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:
  • Brown Township
    Brown Township, Darke County, Ohio
    Brown Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,046 people in the township, 901 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

     - north
  • Richland Township
    Richland Township, Darke County, Ohio
    Richland Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 862 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:*York Township - north...

     - northeast
  • Adams Township
    Adams Township, Darke County, Ohio
    Adams Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,508 people in the township, 2,125 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

     - east
  • Van Buren Township
    Van Buren Township, Darke County, Ohio
    Van Buren Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,573 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Adams Township - north...

     - southeast
  • Neave Township
    Neave Township, Darke County, Ohio
    Neave Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,986 people in the township, 1,302 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

     - south
  • Liberty Township
    Liberty Township, Darke County, Ohio
    Liberty Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,132 people in the township, 962 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

     - southwest
  • Washington Township
    Washington Township, Darke County, Ohio
    Washington Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,382 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Jackson Township - north...

     - west
  • Jackson Township
    Jackson Township, Darke County, Ohio
    Jackson Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,057 people in the township, 1,290 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

     - northwest corner


The city of Greenville
Greenville, Ohio
Greenville is a city in Darke County, Ohio, United States. The population was 13,227 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Darke County.-History:Greenville is the historic location of Fort Greene Ville,Greenville is a city in Darke County, Ohio, United States. The population was 13,227 at...

, the county seat
County seat
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of Darke County, is located in central Greenville Township.

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. The current trustees are George S. Luce Jr., William Kelly, and Mike Stegall, and the clerk is Barbara Anthony.
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