Van Buren Township is one of the fifteen townships

Civil township

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 of Putnam County

Putnam County, Ohio

Putnam County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 34,499. The name is in honor of Israel Putnam, who was a hero in the French and Indian War and a general in the American Revolutionary War. Its county seat is...

, Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 3,128 people in the township, 721 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Bartlow Township, Henry County
  Bartlow Township, Henry County, Ohio
  Bartlow Township is one of the thirteen townships of Henry County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,460 people in the township, 629 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Jackson Township, Wood County
  Jackson Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 751 people in the township, 455 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Pleasant Township, Hancock County
  Pleasant Township, Hancock County, Ohio
  Pleasant Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,473 people in the township, 797 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Blanchard Township, Hancock County
  Blanchard Township, Hancock County, Ohio
  Blanchard Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,170 people in the township, 855 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Blanchard Township
  Blanchard Township, Putnam County, Ohio
  Blanchard Township is one of the fifteen townships of Putnam County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,232 people in the township, 1,062 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Ottawa Township
  Ottawa Township, Putnam County, Ohio
  Ottawa Township is one of the fifteen townships of Putnam County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 7,961 people in the township, 2,675 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Liberty Township
  Liberty Township, Putnam County, Ohio
  Liberty Township is one of the fifteen townships of Putnam County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,575 people in the township, 1,304 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Marion Township, Henry County
  Marion Township, Henry County, Ohio
  Marion Township is one of the thirteen townships of Henry County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,417 people in the township, 767 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest corner

Two villages are located in Van Buren Township: Belmore

Belmore, Ohio

Belmore is a village in Putnam County, Ohio, United States. The population was 171 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Belmore is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land....

 in the northern part of the township, and Leipsic

Leipsic, Ohio

Leipsic is a village in Putnam County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,236 at the 2000 census.-History:Leipsic was platted in 1857....

 in the western part of the township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Van Buren Townships are located in Darke

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...

, 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:...

, 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.

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.