Adams 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

United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 3,508 people in the township, 2,125 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Wayne Township
  Wayne Township, Darke County, Ohio
  Wayne Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,349 people in the township, 1,760 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Newberry Township, Miami County
  Newberry Township, Miami County, Ohio
  Newberry Township is one of the twelve townships of Miami County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,490 people in the township, 2,897 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Newton Township, Miami County
  Newton Township, Miami County, Ohio
  Newton Township is one of the twelve townships of Miami County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,354 people in the township, 2,220 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• 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...
  
   - south
• 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...
  
   - southwest
• Greenville Township
  Greenville Township, Darke County, Ohio
  Greenville Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 18,125 people in the township, 4,831 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• 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...
  
   - northwest

Two incorporated villages are located in Adams Township: part of Bradford

Bradford, Ohio

Bradford is a village in Darke and Miami counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 1,859 at the 2000 census.The Miami County portion of Bradford is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Darke County portion is part of the Greenville Metropolitan Statistical...

 in the east, and Gettysburg

Gettysburg, Ohio

Gettysburg is a village in Darke County, Ohio, United States. The population was 558 at the 2000 census.-History:Gettysburg was founded by natives of Adams County, Pennsylvania in the late 1820s. When the settlement was platted in 1842, the community was named for Gettysburg, the county seat of...

 in the south.

Name and history

It is one of ten Adams Townships statewide

Adams Township, Ohio

Adams Township, Ohio may refer to:*Adams Township, Champaign County, Ohio*Adams Township, Clinton County, Ohio*Adams Township, Coshocton County, Ohio*Adams Township, Darke County, Ohio*Adams Township, Defiance County, Ohio...

.

A historic site

Historic site

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 in Adams Township is Bear's Mill

Bear's Mill

Bear's Mill is a historic gristmill near the city of Greenville in Darke County, Ohio, United States. Built in 1849, this watermill is the oldest existing industrial building in Darke County. Built by Manning Hart, a local contractor, the mill lies along Greenville Creek in southwestern Adams...

. Located along Greenville Creek in southwestern Adams Township, it is a working gristmill

Gristmill

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that was built in the 1840s.

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 David Brewer, Claude Fenstermaker, and Donald Lecklider, and the clerk is E. Scott Crist.