Canaan Township is one of the fourteen
townships
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of
Madison County,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2000 census found 2,496 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*
Darby Township - north
*
Washington Township, Franklin County - northeast
*
Brown Township, Franklin County - east
*
Jefferson Township - south
*
Monroe Township - west
No municipalities are located in Canaan Township.
Name and history
As of 1854, the population of the township was 685,
[Thomas Baldwin & J. Thomas, ]
A new and complete gazetteer of the United States
', Lippincott, Grambo & Co, 1854, Pg. 186 842 in 1890, 881 in 1900, and 921 in 1910.
[Bureau of the Census, ]
Thirteenth census of the United States taken in the year 1910
', U.S. Government Printing Office, 1913, Pg. 584.
Statewide, other Canaan Townships are located in
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,
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, and
Wayne counties.
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,
§503.24§505.01
an
§507.01
of the Ohio Revised Code
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. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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
External links
County website
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Townships in Madison County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio