Mad River Township, Clark County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Mad River Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Clark County.


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Clark

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area_total_km2 = 88.8
area_land_km2 = 88.2
area_water_km2 = 0.5
area_total_sq_mi = 34.3
area_land_sq_mi = 34.1
area_water_sq_mi = 0.2

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 11828
population_density_km2 = 134.0
population_density_sq_mi = 347.2

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 275
elevation_ft = 902
latd = 39 |latm = 52 |lats = 13 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 56 |longs = 4 |longEW = W

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Mad River Township is one of the ten townships of Clark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 11,828 people in the township, 9,190 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39023 Clark County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Springfield Township - northeast
*Green Township - east
*Miami Township, Greene County - southeast
*Bath Township, Greene County - southwest
*Bethel Township - northwest

Several towns are located in Mad River Township:
*The village of Enon, in the center of the township
*Part of the city of Springfield, the county seat of Clark County, in the northeastern corner of the township
*The census-designated place of Green Meadows, in the center of the township
*The census-designated place of Holiday Valley, in the south of the township

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Mad River Township is located in Champaign County.

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 clerk, 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 clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References

External links

* [http://www.clarkcountyohio.gov County website]