- Mifflin Township, Ashland County, Ohio
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Mifflin Township, Ohio — Township — Location of Mifflin Township in Ashland County.
Coordinates: 40°46′28″N 82°22′0″W / 40.77444°N 82.366667°WCoordinates: 40°46′28″N 82°22′0″W / 40.77444°N 82.366667°W Country United States State Ohio County Ashland Area – Total 13.6 sq mi (35.3 km2) – Land 12.4 sq mi (32.2 km2) – Water 1.2 sq mi (3.2 km2) Elevation[1] 1,309 ft (399 m) Population (2000) – Total 1,083 – Density 87.2/sq mi (33.7/km2) Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) – Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4) FIPS code 39-50050[2] GNIS feature ID 1085708[1] 
Mifflin Township has many farms and small wooded areas.
Mifflin Township is one of the fifteen townships of Ashland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,083 people in the township, 939 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[3]
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Geography
Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
- Milton Township - north
- Montgomery Township - northeast corner
- Vermillion Township - east
- Green Township - southeast corner
- Monroe Township, Richland County - south
- Mifflin Township, Richland County - west
- Weller Township, Richland County - northwest corner
The village of Mifflin is located in central Mifflin Township.
Name and history
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,[4] 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
- ^ a b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ Ashland County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
- ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.
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Municipalities and communities of Ashland County, Ohio City 
Villages Bailey Lakes | Hayesville | Jeromesville | Loudonville‡ | Mifflin | Perrysville | Polk | Savannah
Townships Clear Creek | Green | Hanover | Jackson | Lake | Mifflin | Milton | Mohican | Montgomery | Orange | Perry | Ruggles | Sullivan | Troy | Vermillion
Unincorporated
communitiesFootnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
Categories:- Townships in Ashland County, Ohio
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