Dinsmore Township, Ohio
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|image_caption = Abandoned school on State Route 274
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|map_caption = Location of Dinsmore Township in Shelby County
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|subdivision_name2 = Shelby
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|area_total_km2 = 94.1
|area_land_km2 = 94.1
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|area_total_sq_mi = 36.4
|area_land_sq_mi = 36.3
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|population_as_of = 2020
|population_total = 3379
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|timezone = Eastern (EST)
|utc_offset = -5
|timezone_DST = EDT
|utc_offset_DST = -4
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|elevation_m = 305
|elevation_ft = 1001
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Dinsmore Township is one of the fourteen townships of Shelby County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 3,379 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
- Pusheta Township, Auglaize County - north
- Clay Township, Auglaize County - northeast corner
- Jackson Township - east
- Franklin Township - south
- Van Buren Township - west
- Washington Township, Auglaize County - northwest corner
Two villages are located in Dinsmore Township: part of Anna in the south, and Botkins in the north and center.
Name and history
Dinsmore Township was established in 1832.{{cite book|last=Hitchcock |first=Almon Baldwin Carrington|title=History of Shelby County, Ohio, and representative citizens|url=https://archive.org/stream/historyofshelbyc00hitc#page/82/mode/2up|year=1913|page=83}} It is the only Dinsmore Township statewide.{{Cite web| title = Detailed map of Ohio| work = | publisher = United States Census Bureau| year = 2000| url = http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/cousub_outline/cen2k_pgsz/oh_cosub.pdf| format = PDF| accessdate =2007-02-16}}
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,[http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/503.24 §503.24], [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/505.01 §505.01], and [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/507.01 §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.
References
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External links
- [http://www.co.shelby.oh.us County website]
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