Milton 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, 1,034 people lived in the township.
Geography
Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Clinton Township, Vinton County: north
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Vinton Township, Vinton County: northeast
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Wilkesville Township, Vinton County: east
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Huntington Township, Gallia County: southeast corner
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Bloomfield Township: south
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Lick Township: southwest
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Coal Township: west
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Washington Township: northwest
Much of northwestern Milton Township is occupied by the city of
Wellston, and the
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
of
Wainwright is located in the township's north.
Name and history
Milton Township was organized as an original township of Jackson County, and named after
John Milton
John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet, polemicist, and civil servant. His 1667 epic poem ''Paradise Lost'' was written in blank verse and included 12 books, written in a time of immense religious flux and politic ...
(1608–1674), an English poet.
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 website
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Townships in Jackson County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio