Clinton Township
LOCATION: Central Shelby County. Contains the city of
Sidney.
AREA: 18 square miles (includes Sidney city limits).
ORGANIZED: 1825. Originally organized as a part of Miami County.
POPULATION: 1,424 (1990 Census); 1,520 (estimate; does not include
Sidney population).
TRUSTEES: William Fry (chairman), Elmer Crusey Jr. and James Fultz.
CLERK-TREASURER: Mary Margaret ``Peg'' Edwards.
ZONING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER: Peg Edwards.
TRUSTEE MEETINGS: The first and third Tuesdays of the month at 8
p.m. at Clinton Township Garage, 427 Fourth Ave.
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Cynthian
Township
LOCATION: Western Shelby County west of Sidney.
Contains the communities of Newport and Oran.
AREA: 32 square miles.
ORGANIZED: 1822, from a former section of Loramie Township.
POPULATION: 1,885 (1990 Census); 2,012 (estimate).
TRUSTEES: John Pleiman (chairman), Calvin McCorkle and Ed Sanders.
CLERK-TREASURER: Jerrold Gephart.
ZONING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER: Urban Hoehne.
TRUSTEE MEETINGS: First Monday of the month at 7 p.m. From May
through October the location is the township house in Oran, 6408 Dawson Road. From
November through April, the location is the Newport township hall.
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Dinsmore
Township
LOCATION: North Shelby County north of Sidney.
Contains the communities of Botkins, Anna and Rhine.
AREA: 36 square miles.
ORGANIZED: 1832.
POPULATION: 1,107 (1990 Census); 1,181 (estimate).
TRUSTEES: Ted Zimpfer (chairman), Robert Stewart and Bill Elsass.
CLERK-TREASURER: Ron Platfoot.
ZONING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER: Ronald Reaman.
TRUSTEE MEETINGS: Last Monday of the month at 7:00 p.m. (October to
March) and 8:00 p.m. (April to September)at the township garage in Botkins.
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Franklin
Township
LOCATION: Central Shelby County north of Sidney.
Contains the community of Swanders.
AREA: 27 square miles.
ORGANIZED: 1832.
POPULATION: 1,640 (1990 Census); 1,750 (estimate).
TRUSTEES: Deny Barker (chairman), Orville Poeppelman and Carl
Wermert.
CLERK-TREASURER: Virginia Schiff.
ZONING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER: James Meyers.
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS: Ned Davidson.
TRUSTEE MEETINGS: First Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. (November
to April) and 8 p.m. (October to May) at the township house in Swanders, Fort
Loramie-Swanders Road.
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Green
Township
LOCATION: Southeast corner of Shelby County. Contains
the communities of Plattsville and Tawawa.
AREA: 25 square miles.
ORGANIZED: 1820, from a former section of Orange Township.
POPULATION: 1,051 (1990 Census); 1,122 (estimate).
TRUSTEES: Ronald Middleton (chairman), Keith Gump and William
Maxson.
CLERK-TREASURER: Debra Middleton.
ZONING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER: Harold Covault.
TRUSTEE MEETINGS: Second Monday of the month at 7:00 p.m. at the
Plattsville building.
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Jackson
Township
LOCATION: Northeast corner of Shelby County. Contains
the communities of Jackson Center and Montra.
AREA: 36 square miles.
ORGANIZED: 1837.
POPULATION: 1,018 (1990 Census); 1,086 (estimate).
TRUSTEES: Robert Zorn (chairman), Larry Sprague and John Mann.
CLERK-TREASURER: Diane Frank.
ZONING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER: Ray Davis.
TRUSTEE MEETINGS: Third Thursday of the month at 8:00 p.m. (April to
September) and at 7:00 p.m. for the remainder of the year at the township house in Jackson
Center.
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Loramie
Township
LOCATION: Southwest corner of Shelby County. Contains
the communities of Russia, Houston and Dawson.
AREA: 35 square miles.
ORGANIZED: 1814.
POPULATION: 1,789 (1990 Census); 1,909 (estimate).
TRUSTEES: Bruce Walker (chairman), Dan Bensman and Frank Grilliot.
CLERK-TREASURER: Barbara Cook.
ZONING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER: Ron Cook.
TRUSTEE MEETINGS: First Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at the
township house on Russia-Versailles Road (except February 9th)
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McLean
Township
LOCATION: Northwestern Shelby County northwest of
Sidney. Contains the communities of Fort Loramie, Filburns Island and Hegemanns Landing.
Lake Loramie is in this township.
AREA: 36 square miles.
ORGANIZED: 1834.
POPULATION: 1,527 (1990 Census); 1,630 (estimate).
TRUSTEES: Bill Rethman (chairman), Vernon Siegel and Bill Meyer..
CLERK-TREASURER: Marlene Hoying.
ZONING ENFORCEMENT OFFICES: Cyril Seger.
TRUSTEE MEETINGS: Last Thursday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at the
township house, 14 Elm St., Fort Loramie.
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Orange
Township
LOCATION: Southern Shelby County south of Sidney.
Contains the community of Kirkwood.
AREA: 22 square miles.
ORGANIZED: 1819, from a former section of Perry Township.
POPULATION: 1,177 (1990 Census); 1,256 (estimate).
TRUSTEES: Dennis Martin (chairman), Kevin Martin and Ronald Ely.
CLERK-TREASURER: Eric Voress.
ZONING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER: Dan Doll.
TRUSTEE MEETINGS: Second Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at
township house in Kirkwood, 12777 Kirkwood Road.
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Perry
Township
LOCATION: Eastern Shelby County east of Sidney.
Contains the communties of Pasco and Pemberton.
AREA: 31 square miles.
ORGANIZED: 1817, one of Shelby County's original townships.
POPULATION: 1,155 (1990 Census); 1,233 (estimate).
TRUSTEES: Don Henman (chairman), Ken Netz and Robert Russell.
CLERK-TREASURER: Sherri Huelskamp.
ZONING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER: Larry Alexander.
TRUSTEE MEETINGS: Fourth Monday of the month at 8 p.m. at the
township house in Pasco, 6049 Pasco-Montra Road.
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Salem
Township
LOCATION: Eastern Shelby County east of Sidney.
Contains the communities of Port Jefferson and Maplewood.
AREA: 27 square miles.
ORGANIZED: 1826, from a former section of Perry Township.
POPULATION: 1,702 (1990 Census); 1,816 (estimate).
TRUSTEES: Paul Pulfer (chairman), David Geuy and Max Bell.
CLERK-TREASURER: Mary Lane Steenrod.
ZONING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER: Jim Steenrod.
TRUSTEE MEETINGS: First Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at the
township house, 206 Wall St., Port Jefferson.
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Turtle
Creek Township
LOCATION: Central Shelby County south of Sidney.
Contains the communities of Hardin and St. Patrick.
AREA: 30 square miles.
ORGANIZED: 1820.
POPULATION: 1,372 (1990 Census); 1,464 (estimate).
TRUSTEES: Ed Seger, Jr. (chairman), Mike Eilerman and E.D. Kennedy.
CLERK-TREASURER: Karen Pleiman.
ZONING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER: Alvin Bruns.
TRUSTEE MEETINGS: The second Monday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at the
township house, Hardin-Wapakoneta Road.
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Van
Buren Township
LOCATION: Northwest corner of Shelby County. Contains
the community of Kettlersville.
AREA: 36 square miles.
ORGANIZED: 1834.
POPULATION: 1,624 (1990 Census); 1,733 (estimate).
TRUSTEES: David Berning (chairman), Larry Hirschfeld and Dave
Kettler.
CLERK-TREASURER: Joan Buehler.
ZONING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER: Mark Buehler.
ZONING BOARD APPEALS: Charles Axe.
TRUSTEE MEETINGS: Last Monday of the month at 8:00 p.m. at the
township house, 8774 State Route 274, Kettlersville.
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Washington
Township
LOCATION: Southern Shelby County south of Sidney.
Contains the communty of Lockington.
AREA: 19 square miles.
ORGANIZED: 1825, from former sections of Loramie, Clinton and Turtle
Creek townships. The township was orginally called Grayson township.
POPULATION: 1,580 (1990 Census); 1,686 (estimate).
TRUSTEES: Doug Stangel (chairman), Mark Ditmer and Dale Anderson.
CLERK-TREASURER: Richard Nishwitz.
ZONING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER: John Mann.
TRUSTEE MEETINGS: The first and third Tuesday of the month at 7:39
p.m. the township house, 2567 Hardin-Wapakoneta Road.
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AUGLAIZE
COUNTY
Washington
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Washington Township
LOCATION: Southwestern Auglaize County about 5 miles
southeast of St. Marys. Contains the village of New Knoxville.
ORGANIZED: 1836, originally a part of Allen County.
AREA: 30 square miles.
POPULATION: 980 (1990 Census).
TRUSTEES: Kevin Kuck, Larry Leffel, John Schroer.
CLERK: David Bambauer (419) 753-2614.
MEETINGS: Second Tuesday of the month at 8 p.m. at
the township house, 100 S. Main St., New Knoxville (419) 753-2160.
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German
Township
LOCATION: Southwestern Auglaize County, about 8 miles
south of St. Marys. Contains the village of New Bremen.
ORGANIZED: 1820, originally a part of Mercer County.
AREA: 18 square miles.
POPULATION: 814 (1990 Census).
TRUSTEES: Alan Bushman, Vernon Paul, Dave Albers.
CLERK: Dennis Dicke (419) 629-2311.
MEETINGS: First Tuesday of the month at 8 p.m. at the township
house, 123 N. Main St., New Bremen (419) 629-3397.
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Jackson
Township
LOCATION: Southwestern Auglaize County, bordering Shelby County.
Contains the village of Minster.
ORGANIZED: 1858, originally part of German Township.
AREA: 19.75 square miles.
POPULATION: 775 (1990 Census).
TRUSTEES: Maurice Heitbrink, Carl Albers, Kenneth Sommer.
CLERK: David Doenges (419) 628-3595.
MEETINGS: First Tuesday of the month at 8 p.m. at the township
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