Madison Township, Lake County, Ohio

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official_name = Madison Township, Lake County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Lake County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 477.6
area_land_km2 = 113.2
area_water_km2 = 364.4
area_total_sq_mi = 184.4
area_land_sq_mi = 43.7
area_water_sq_mi = 140.7

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 18428
population_density_km2 = 162.8
population_density_sq_mi = 421.6

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 190
elevation_ft = 623
latd = 41 |latm = 48 |lats = 22 |latNS = N
longd = 81 |longm = 3 |longs = 33 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 44057
area_code = 440
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blank_info = 39-46494GR|2
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Madison Township is one of the five townships of Lake County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 18,428 people in the township, 15,494 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39085 Lake County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the easternmost part of the county along Lake Erie, it borders the following townships:
*Geneva Township, Ashtabula County - northeast
*Harpersfield Township, Ashtabula County - east
*Trumbull Township, Ashtabula County - southeast corner
*Thompson Township, Geauga County - south
*LeRoy Township - southwest
*Perry Township - west

Several populated places are located in Madison Township:
*The village of Madison, in the center
*A small portion of the village of North Perry, in the far northwest
*The census-designated place of North Madison, along the lakeshore
*Part of the unincorporated community of Unionville, on the border with Harpersfield Township

Name and history

It is one of twenty Madison 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, 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. Currently, the board is composed of president Peter Wayman and members Bill Brotzman and Jeff Quirk, [ [http://www.madisontwp.org/trustee/trustee_home.htm Trustee] Madison Township. Accessed 2007-06-26.] and the fiscal officer is Barbara Golding. [ [http://www.madisontwp.org/Madclerk_Home.htm Clerk Home Page] Madison Township, 2006. Accessed 2007-06-26.]

Education

Students enrolled in kingergarten through the fifth grade attend Red Bird Elementary, North Madison Elementary, or Homer Nash Kimball. Students in grades six through eight attend Madison Middle School. Local high school students attend Madison High School. Madison Township is also home to one of Lakeland Community College's three off-site centers.

References

External links

* [http://www.madisontownship.net Township website]
* [http://www.lakecountyohio.gov County website]
* [http://www.lakecountyohio.org/cities/index.htm Lake County cities, townships, and villages]