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Madison Township, Highland County, Ohio

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Highland

FIPS code
  
39-46452

Elevation
  
280 m

Population
  
6,922 (2000)

State
  
Ohio

Time zone
  
Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)

GNIS feature ID
  
1086307

Local time
  
Friday 12:18 PM

Madison Township, Highland County, Ohio

Weather
  
1°C, Wind SE at 13 km/h, 84% Humidity

Area
  
90.13 km² (89.1 km² Land / 104 ha Water)

Madison Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,922 people in the township, 2,016 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Contents

Map of Madison Township, OH, USA

Geography

Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

  • Perry Township, Fayette County - north
  • Wayne Township, Fayette County - northeast corner
  • Buckskin Township, Ross County - east
  • Paint Township, Ross County - southeast
  • Paint Township - south
  • Fairfield Township - west
  • Green Township, Fayette County - northwest corner
  • Most of the village of Greenfield is located in northeastern Madison Township.

    Name and history

    It is one of twenty Madison Townships statewide.

    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.

    References

    Madison Township, Highland County, Ohio Wikipedia