Somerford Township, Madison County, Ohio

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


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

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area_total_km2 = 77.3
area_land_km2 = 76.1
area_water_km2 = 1.2
area_total_sq_mi = 29.8
area_land_sq_mi = 29.4
area_water_sq_mi = 0.4

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 6975
population_density_km2 = 91.6
population_density_sq_mi = 237.3

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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elevation_m = 334
elevation_ft = 1096
latd = 39 |latm = 57 |lats = 59 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 29 |longs = 34 |longEW = W

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Somerford Township is one of the fourteen townships of Madison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,975 people in 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 western part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Pike Township - north
*Monroe Township - northeast
*Deer Creek Township - east
*Union Township - south
*Harmony Township, Clark County - southwest
*Pleasant Township, Clark County - west
*Goshen Township, Champaign County - northwest

No municipalities are located in Somerford Township, although the census-designated place of Choctaw Lake lies in the township's south.

Name and history

It is the only Somerford Township 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 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]