Madison Township, Clark County, Ohio
Madison Township, Clark County, Ohio | |
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![]() The Green Plain Monthly Meetinghouse, a township landmark | |
![]() Location of Madison Township in Clark County | |
Coordinates: 39°49′13″N 83°38′35″W / 39.82028°N 83.64306°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Ohio |
County | Clark |
Area | |
• Total | 41.1 sq mi (106.5 km2) |
• Land | 41.1 sq mi (106.4 km2) |
• Water | 0.04 sq mi (0.1 km2) |
Elevation | 1,083 ft (330 m) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 2,543 |
• Density | 62/sq mi (23.9/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
FIPS code | 39-46354[2] |
GNIS feature ID | 1085854[1] |
Madison Township is one of the ten townships of Clark County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census reported 2,543 people living in the township,[3] 850 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
Geography
Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
- Harmony Township - north
- Paint Township, Madison County - east
- Stokes Township, Madison County - southeast
- Ross Township, Greene County - south
- Cedarville Township, Greene County - southwest
- Green Township - west
- Springfield Township - northwest corner
The village of South Charleston is located in central Madison Township.
Name and history
Madison Township is named after Madison County, Ohio.[4]
It is one of twenty Madison Townships statewide.[5]
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,[6] 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
- ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Madison township, Clark County, Ohio". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on January 18, 2015. Retrieved January 14, 2015.
- ^ The History of Clark County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County; Its Cities, Towns, Etc. W. H. Beers and Company. 1881. p. 746.
- ^ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved 2007-02-16.
- ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.