Madison Township, Jackson County, Ohio
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|area_total_km2 = 117.6
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|area_total_sq_mi = 45.4
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|population_as_of = 2020
|population_total = 2090
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|timezone = Eastern (EST)
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Madison Township is one of the twelve townships of Jackson County, Ohio, 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:
- Bloomfield Township: north
- Huntington Township, Gallia County: northeast corner
- Raccoon Township, Gallia County: east
- Perry Township, Gallia County: southeast
- Greenfield Township, Gallia County: south
- Jefferson Township: west
- 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.{{cite book|last=Webster|first=Daniel Webster|title=A History of Jackson County, Ohio|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3CsVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA149|year=1900|page=149}} It is one of twenty Madison Townships statewide.{{Cite web| title = Detailed map of Ohio| publisher = United States Census Bureau| year = 2000| url = http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/cousub_outline/cen2k_pgsz/oh_cosub.pdf| accessdate =2007-02-16}}
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,[http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/503.24 §503.24], [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/505.01 §505.01], and [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/507.01 §507.01] of the Ohio Revised Code. 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
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External links
- [http://www.jacksoncountyohio.us County website]
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