| Madison Township, Ohio | |
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| — Township — | |
| Municipalities and townships of Highland County. | |
| Coordinates: | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Highland |
| Area | |
| • Total | 34.8 sq mi (90.1 km2) |
| • Land | 34.4 sq mi (89.2 km2) |
| • Water | 0.4 sq mi (0.9 km2) |
| Elevation[1] | 919 ft (280 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 6,922 |
| • Density | 201.1/sq mi (77.6/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| FIPS code | 39-46452[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1086307[1] |
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.[3]
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Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
Most of the city of Greenfield is located in northeastern Madison Township.
It is one of twenty Madison Townships statewide.[4]
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,[5] 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.
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