![]() ![]() The clock was originally designed to run and be rewound every eight days, but was later fully automated and to this day continues to chime out the hours. In 1916 a big Seth Thomas town clock was installed on the building. The building was also a community gathering place for traveling play groups, school functions, and town meetings. This building provided a permanent meeting place for all official meetings of Monroe Township to conduct business. The Monroe Township Building was erected about 1915 on the southeast corner of Third and Main Streets in Tipp City. In the early years, township government cared for the poor, maintained the roads, preserved the peace, registered brands and fulfilled the needs of local government generally. This came about some 15 years after the establishment of the State of Ohio in 1803 and Miami County in 1807. In 1818, Monroe Township, the most south-central township in Miami County, developed its governing body. Martin.Īs the Ohio Territory became populated, it was only natural that the surveyed townships should become the basic unit of local government. Scott Myers, and Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission Executive Director Brian O. Simmons, Miami County Sheriff Dave Duchak, Tipp City Police Chief Eric Burris, Tipp City Fire Chief Steve Kessler, Tipp City Emergency Medical Services Chief Jeff Calicoat, Miami County Park District Executive Director J. ![]() Huffman a Monroe Township Founders presentation by Tippecanoe Historical Society's Jaqueline (Wells) Wahl and information about Early Monroe Township Schools by Tipp City Schools Assistant Superintendent Galen Gingerich.Īdditional guests recognized at this special event included Miami County Commissioners John W. "Jack" Evans reading of an Ohio House of Representatives Commendation from State Representative Dr. Beagle a Commendation from Miami County Commissioners' by Commissioner John F. 174 reading of an Ohio Senate Commendation from Ohio Senator William D. Flag History by Tippecanoe Masonic Lodge No. ![]() Other presentations covered the 1818 U.S. Thuma which included a reading of the Bicentennial Proclamation and recognition of the Official Bicentennial Seal of Monroe Township. Welcoming remarks and presentations were made by the Township Trustees, Phillip G. Monroe Township Bicentennial Celebration (continued) Monroe Township Board of Trustees and Fiscal Officer In Witness Whereof, we have set our hands this 5 th day of February, 2018. Now Therefore be it resolved that we, the Monroe Township Board of Trustees, Miami County, Ohio, hereby proudly proclaim this the Monroe Township Bicentennial Year, beginning this day through the last day of December, 2018. 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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