Richland Township, Darke County, Ohio
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Richland Township is one of the twenty townships
Civil township
A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States, subordinate to, and geographic divisions of, a county. Specific responsibilities and the degree of autonomy vary based on each state. Civil townships are distinct from survey townships, but in states that have both,...

 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
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

 found 862 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:
  • York Township
    York Township, Darke County, Ohio
    York Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 523 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Wabash Township - north...

     - north
  • 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:...

     - northeast
  • 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:...

     - southeast
  • 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:...

     - southwest
  • 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:...

     - northwest


No municipalities are located in Richland Township, although several unincorporated communities
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 lie there:
  • Beamsville
    Beamsville, Ohio
    Beamsville in an unincorporated community in central Richland Township, Darke County, Ohio, United States. It lies near the intersection of U.S. Route 127 and the Stillwater River, approximately 6 miles north of Greenville, the county seat of Darke County....

    , in the center, near the Stillwater River
    Stillwater River (Ohio)
    The Stillwater River is a tributary of the Great Miami River in western Ohio in the United States. Via the Great Miami and Ohio rivers, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed....

  • Dawn
    Dawn, Ohio
    Dawn is an unincorporated community in northern Richland Township, Darke County, Ohio, United States. It lies at the intersection of U.S. Route 127 with Burch Road. It is located between the villages of Ansonia and Versailles, approximately 8 miles north of Greenville, the county seat of Darke...

    , in the north, which was originally known as Nevada
  • Stelvideo
    Stelvideo, Ohio
    Stelvideo is an unincorporated community on the southern boundary of Richland Township, Darke County, Ohio, United States, at the intersection of Horatio-Harris Creek Road and Arcanum-Bears Mills Road....

    , in the south adjacent to the border with Adams 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 Daniel Hart, Michael Oliver, and Bob Wagner, and the clerk is Sandra Marker.

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