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Madison Township, Perry County, Ohio

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Perry

FIPS code
  
39-46550

Elevation
  
242 m

Local time
  
Friday 12:20 PM

State
  
Ohio

Time zone
  
Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)

GNIS feature ID
  
1086784

Area
  
60.3 km²

Population
  
1,229 (2000)

Madison Township, Perry County, Ohio

Weather
  
3°C, Wind S at 13 km/h, 55% Humidity

Madison Township is one of the fourteen townships of Perry County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,229 people in the township.

Contents

Map of Madison Township, OH, USA

Geography

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

  • Hopewell Township, Muskingum County - north
  • Newton Township, Muskingum County - east
  • Clayton Township - south
  • Pleasant Township - southwest corner
  • Hopewell Township - west
  • Bowling Green Township, Licking County - northwest corner
  • No municipalities are located in Madison Township, although the unincorporated community of Mount Perry lies in the township's north.

    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, Perry County, Ohio Wikipedia