Van Buren Township is one of the fourteen townships of Shelby County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 2,083 people in the township.
Geography Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships: Washington Township, Auglaize County - north Pusheta Township, Auglaize County - northeast corner Dinsmore Township - east Franklin Township - southeast Turtle Creek Township - south McLean Township - southwest, east of Jackson Township Jackson Township, Auglaize County - southwest corner, west of McLean Township German Township, Auglaize County - west Saint Marys Township, Auglaize County - northwest
The village of Kettlersville lies in central Van Buren Township and the unincorporated community of McCartyville is located in the township's south.
Name and history Statewide, other Van Buren Townships are located in Darke, Hancock, Putnam counties.
Van Buren township was organized on December 1, 1834.History of Shelby County, Ohio With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Philadelphia: R. Sutton, 1883, 231.
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,§503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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.
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External links County website