Whereas, for 200 years, members of this community, past and present, have strived to make Monroe Township a desirable place to live, and we recognize the important role they all have played in establishing pride in their community.

Whereas, on February 3, 1818, the Board of Township Trustees convened the first meeting of the newly formed Township and Whereas, the Township was named after James Monroe, fifth President of the United States of America (1817-1825), an original Founding Father of this great country and Whereas, in honor of the 200 th Anniversary of the founding of Monroe Township, Miami County,Ohio, the Board of Township Trustees, Township Fiscal Officer and Township employees celebrate this significant milestone in this Township's history and Whereas, in Ohio, the township predates our state government, the townships' size and shape having been determined by Congressional Acts establishing the various land grants and as the Ohio territory became populated, it was only natural that the surveyed townships should become the basic unit of local government and

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