Country United States County Madison FIPS code 39-63338 Elevation 279 m Local time Tuesday 5:22 PM | State Ohio Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) GNIS feature ID 1086550 Area 81 km² Population 3,282 (2000) | |
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Weather 13°C, Wind NW at 13 km/h, 56% Humidity | ||
Pleasant Township is one of the fourteen townships of Madison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,282 people in the township, 1,417 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
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Map of Pleasant Township, OH, USA
Geography
Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
The village of Mount Sterling is located in southeastern Pleasant Township.
Name and history
It is one of fifteen Pleasant 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.