Milton Township is one of the fifteen
townships of
Ashland County,
Ohio
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, United States. The population was 2,357 at the
2020 census.
Geography
Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Clear Creek Township - north
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Orange Township - northeast corner
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Montgomery Township - east
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Vermillion Township - southeast corner
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Mifflin Township - south
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Mifflin Township, Richland County - southwest corner
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Weller Township, Richland County - west
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Butler Township, Richland County - northwest corner
Part of the city of
Ashland, the
county seat
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of Ashland County, is located in eastern Milton Township.
Name and history
Milton Township was organized in 1816 and originally included two geographic townships.
Milton Township was reduced to six miles square when Clear Creek Township was organized from the north half of Milton Township on 15 October 1818. Upon the formation of Ashland County in 1846, Milton Township was again divided, four columns of sections on the east being included in Ashland County, the other two columns remaining in Richland. The last division reduced the township to its present dimensions—four by six miles.
It is one of five
Milton 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 websiteTownship website
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Townships in Ashland County, Ohio
1816 establishments in Ohio
Populated places established in 1816
Townships in Ohio