There are 20 townships in Darke County, Ohio. They are arranged, more or less, in a 4-townships-across by 5-townships-down grid. The computer-drawn map below shows the townships in relation to one another and the dates they were first formed. The last township was formed in 1841, and in 1848 what was the twenty-first township (called Gibson) became part of Mercer Co. to the north.

Plat maps show the recorded property owners. City lots are platted separately and are not included in the maps whose links appear below. The large township plat maps available at this site were digitized (scanned) from:

Darke County Ohio Farm Plat Book and Directory, Town & Country Publishing, Co., Inc. (POB 689 / LaPorte, Indiana 46350), 1967. The slim paperbound volume has 40 numbered pages. It's cost was then $10.

These images are large and require patience in downloding. It is hoped that these images have not been 'shrunk' too much to prevent reading the names hand-lettered on the maps. In the case of Greenville Twp, the map itself was more 'dense' as there are more properties to be platted and the quality is not as good as for the other townships.

1967 Plat Maps

Darke County, Ohio

Adams - 481 KB Allen - 530 KB Brown - 349 KB Butler - 445 KB Franklin - 550 KB Greenville - 375 KB Harrison - 459 KB Jackson - 391 KB Liberty - 474 KB Mississinawa - 444 KB Monroe - 338 KB Neave - 339 KB Patterson - 412 KB Richland - 433 KB Twin - 352 KB Van Buren - 302 KB Wabash - 311 KB Washington - 387 KB Wayne - 248 KB York - 317 KB

The following nine large images (over 500 KB each) represent a list of farmers from the booklet identified below. Without typing out the nine pages of very dense text, this image format is the best I can do. Use your BACK key to return to this page.