Van Buren 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 1,573 people in the township.

Geography

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

• 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:...
  
   - 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...
  
   - east
• 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:...
  
   - southeast corner
• 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:...
  
   - south
• 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:...
  
   - southwest corner
• 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:...
  
   - west
• 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:...
  
   - northwest

No municipalities are located in Van Buren Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Van Buren Townships are located in Hancock

Van Buren Township, Hancock County, Ohio

Van Buren Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 943 people in the township, 708 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

, Putnam

Van Buren Township, Putnam County, Ohio

Van Buren Township is one of the fifteen townships of Putnam County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,128 people in the township, 721 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

, and Shelby

Van Buren Township, Shelby County, Ohio

Van Buren Township is one of the fourteen townships of Shelby County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,599 people in the township, 1,424 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

 Counties.

Van Buren Township was created in June of 1838 and reduced by the formation of 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...

 in June of the following year. It is probable that the township's first settlers arrived in 1818. Over thirty years passed between the first settlement and the foundation of the first churches; the United Brethren

Church of the United Brethren in Christ

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 and Methodist Episcopal

Methodist Episcopal Church

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churches were established in 1850.

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 Tim Warner, David Delk, and Jed Smith, and the fiscal officer in Kent Thompson.