Twin 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

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 3,946 people in the township, 1,578 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• 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...
  
   - north
• Franklin Township
  Franklin Township, Darke County, Ohio
  Franklin Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,206 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Adams Township - north...
  
   - northeast corner
• Monroe Township
  Monroe Township, Darke County, Ohio
  Monroe Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,674 people in the township, 1,282 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Harrison Township, Preble County
  Harrison Township, Preble County, Ohio
  Harrison Township is one of the twelve townships of Preble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,601 people in the township, 2,428 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Monroe Township, Preble County
  Monroe Township, Preble County, Ohio
  Monroe Township is one of the twelve townships of Preble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,290 people in the township, 1,314 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Butler Township
  Butler Township, Darke County, Ohio
  Butler Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,616 people in the township, 1,301 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• 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:...
  
   - northwest corner

Three incorporated villages are located in Twin Township:

• Arcanum
  Arcanum, Ohio
  Arcanum is a village in Darke County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,076 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Arcanum is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land....
  
  , in the north
• Gordon
  Gordon, Ohio
  Gordon is a village in Darke County, Ohio, United States. The population was 190 at the 2000 census.-History:Gordon was platted in 1849 and named for one of its first settlers...
  
  , in the southeast
• Ithaca
  Ithaca, Ohio
  Ithaca is a village in Darke County, Ohio, United States. The population was 102 at the 2000 census.-History:John Colville platted Ithaca in 1832 and gave it the name of "Twinsborough." Its location on an established highway and along the Ohio Electric Railway caused the community to grow...
  
  , in the south

Name and history

Statewide, other Twin Townships are located in Preble

Twin Township, Preble County, Ohio

Twin Township is one of the twelve townships of Preble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,831 people in the township, 2,315 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

 and Ross

Twin Township, Ross County, Ohio

Twin Township is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,146 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the south central part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Concord Township - north...

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 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 Mike Fout, Joe Rinehart, and Jerry Snyder, and the clerk is Deborah Dynes.