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Mifflin Township is one of the eighteen
townships A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
of Richland County,
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, United States. It is a part of the
Mansfield Mansfield is a market town and the administrative centre of the Mansfield District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest town in the wider Mansfield Urban Area and the second largest settlement in Nottinghamshire (following the city ...
Metropolitan Statistical Area. The 2020 census found 6,106 people in the township.


Geography

Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Weller Township – north * Milton Township, Ashland County – northeast corner * Mifflin Township, Ashland County – east * Monroe Township – south * Washington Township – southwest corner * Madison Township – west No municipalities are located in Mifflin Township.


Name and history

Statewide, other Mifflin Townships are located in Ashland, Franklin, Pike, 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, 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.


Public services

Law enforcement in Mifflin Township is the responsibility of the Richland County Sheriff's Office, and fire protection and ambulance services are provided by the Mifflin Township Fire DepartmentMifflin Township Fire Department
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References


External links


Township websiteCounty website
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