York 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 523 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Wabash Township
  Wabash Township, Darke County, Ohio
  Wabash Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 934 people in the township, 725 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Patterson Township
  Patterson Township, Darke County, Ohio
  Patterson Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,308 people in the township, 943 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• 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:...
  
   - southeast
• 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...
  
   - south
• Brown Township
  Brown Township, Darke County, Ohio
  Brown Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,046 people in the township, 901 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Allen Township
  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:...
  
   - northwest

No municipalities are located in York Township.

Name and history

One of ten York Townships statewide

York Township, Ohio

York Township, Ohio may refer to:*York Township, Athens County, Ohio*York Township, Belmont County, Ohio*York Township, Darke County, Ohio*York Township, Fulton County, Ohio*York Township, Medina County, Ohio*York Township, Morgan County, Ohio...

, it is named after a farmer, Newberry York, who lived on Indian Creek in the township, and who was the first local Justice of the Peace. Born near Wrightsborough, Georgia

Georgia (U.S. state)

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 on September 6, 1784, York served in the War of 1812

War of 1812

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 before moving to Darke County. He and his family first settled in 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:...

before moving to what became York 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 Bill Barga, Michael Mangen, and James Zumbrink, and the clerk is Allen Brandt.