- Stokes Township, Madison County, Ohio
Infobox Settlement
official_name = Stokes Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Madison County.
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subdivision_name =United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 =Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Madisongovernment_footnotes =
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area_total_km2 = 90.1
area_land_km2 = 90.1
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 34.8
area_land_sq_mi = 34.8
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0population_as_of = 2000
population_footnotes =
population_total = 746
population_density_km2 = 8.3
population_density_sq_mi = 21.5timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 338
elevation_ft = 1109
latd = 39 |latm = 44 |lats = 59 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 35 |longs = 40 |longEW = Wpostal_code_type =
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blank_info = 39-74784GR|2
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footnotes =Stokes Township is one of the fourteen townships of Madison County,
Ohio ,United States . The 2000 census found 746 people in the township, 341 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39097 Madison County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates]Ohio State University , 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]Geography
Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Paint Township - northeast
*Range Township - east
*Paint Township, Fayette County - southeast
*Jefferson Township, Fayette County - south
*Ross Township, Greene County - west
*Madison Township, Clark County - northwestThe village of South Solon is located in western Stokes Township.
The most westerly township in the county, it is the only township to border Greene County.
Name and history
Statewide, the only other Stokes Township is located in Logan 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.co.madison.oh.us County website]
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