Allen Township is one of the seventeen townships

Civil township

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 of Hancock County

Hancock County, Ohio

Hancock County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 74,782. Its county seat is Findlay and was named for John Hancock, the first signer of the Declaration of Independence...

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 2,110 people in the township, 1,797 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Bloom Township, Wood County
  Bloom Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Bloom Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,535 people in the township, 896 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Cass Township
  Cass Township, Hancock County, Ohio
  Cass Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,098 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Marion Township
  Marion Township, Hancock County, Ohio
  Marion Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,203 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Cass Township - north...
  
   - southeast
• Liberty Township
  Liberty Township, Hancock County, Ohio
  Liberty Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,469 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest
• Portage Township
  Portage Township, Hancock County, Ohio
  Portage Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 604 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Henry Township, Wood County
  Henry Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Henry Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,070 people in the township, 709 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

Several populated places are located in Allen Township:

• Part of Findlay
  Findlay, Ohio
  As of the census of 2000, there were 38,967 people, 15,905 households, and 10,004 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,266.3 people per square mile . There were 17,152 housing units at an average density of 997.6 per square mile...
  
  , a city and the county seat
  County seat
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   of Hancock County, in the south
• Van Buren
  Van Buren, Ohio
  Van Buren is a village in Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The population was 313 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Van Buren is located at ....
  
  , a village in the north
• Mortimer
  Mortimer, Ohio
  Mortimer is an unincorporated community located in central Allen Township, Hancock County, Ohio, United States. It sits between the village of Van Buren to the north and the city of Findlay to the south....
  
  , an unincorporated community
  Unincorporated area
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   in the center

Name and history

Statewide, other Allen Townships are located in Darke

Allen Township, Darke County, Ohio

Allen Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,158 people in the township, 725 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

, Ottawa

Allen Township, Ottawa County, Ohio

Allen Township is one of the twelve townships of Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,591 people in the township, 3,297 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

, and Union

Allen Township, Union County, Ohio

Allen Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,518 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Liberty 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.