Mifflin Township is one of the fifteen
townships
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of
Ashland County,
Ohio
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, United States. The population was 1,231 at the
2020 census.
Geography
Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Milton Township - north
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Montgomery Township - northeast corner
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Vermillion Township - east
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Green Township - southeast corner
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Monroe Township, Richland County - south
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Mifflin Township, Richland County - west
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Weller Township, Richland County - northwest corner
The village of
Mifflin is located in central Mifflin Township.
Name and history
Mifflin Township was established about 1814. When Ashland County was formed on 24 February 1846, Mifflin Township was partitioned, with original records remaining in the eastern ~1/3 portion of "old" Mifflin Township in the new Ashland County, and the western ~2/3 portion of
"new" Mifflin Township remaining in Richland County.
Statewide, other Mifflin Townships are located in
Franklin,
Pike,
Richland, and
Wyandot 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
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 websiteTownship website
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Townships in Ashland County, Ohio
1814 establishments in Ohio
Populated places established in 1814
Townships in Ohio