Neave 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

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 found 1,986 people in the township, 1,302 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• 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:...
  
   - north
• 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...
  
   - east
• Twin Township
  Twin Township, Darke County, Ohio
  Twin Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,946 people in the township, 1,578 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast 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:...
  
   - south
• Harrison Township
  Harrison Township, Darke County, Ohio
  Harrison Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,145 people in the township, 1,300 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• 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:...
  
   - west

The village of Wayne Lakes

Wayne Lakes, Ohio

Wayne Lakes is a village in Darke County, Ohio, United States. The population was 684 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Wayne Lakes is located at ....

is located in southern Neave 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 Bryan Clymer, Diane Linder, and Lowell House, and the clerk is Diane Delaplane.