Country United States County Clark FIPS code 39-46788 Elevation 275 m | State Ohio Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) GNIS feature ID 1085855 Population 11,156 (2010) | |
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Area 87.8 km² (86.76 km² Land / 104 ha Water) | ||
Mad River Township is one of the ten townships of Clark County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census reported 11,156 people living in the township, 8,741 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
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Map of Mad River Township, OH, USA
Geography
Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
Several towns are located in Mad River Township:
Name and history
Mad River Township is named from the Mad River, which forms its western boundary.
Statewide, the only other Mad River Township is located in Champaign County.
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, 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.