Madison Township is one of the twelve
townships of
Jackson County,
Ohio
Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...
, United States. As of the
2020 census, 2,090 people lived in the township.
Geography
Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Bloomfield Township: north
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Huntington Township, Gallia County: northeast corner
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Raccoon Township, Gallia County: east
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Perry Township, Gallia County: southeast
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Greenfield Township, Gallia County: south
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Jefferson Township: west
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Franklin Township: northwest
Part of the village of
Oak Hill is located in western Madison Township.
Name and history
Madison was organized as one of the original townships of Jackson Township, and was named for
James Madison
James Madison (June 28, 1836) was an American statesman, diplomat, and Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father who served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817. Madison was popularly acclaimed as the ...
.
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,
§503.24§505.01
an
§507.01
of the Ohio Revised Code
The ''Ohio Revised Code'' (ORC) contains all current statutes of the Ohio General Assembly of a permanent and general nature, consolidated into provisions, titles, chapters and sections. However, the only official publication of the enactments o ...
. 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 Jackson County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio