Madison Township, Franklin County, Ohio

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


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

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area_total_km2 = 110.2
area_land_km2 = 110.2
area_water_km2 = 0.1
area_total_sq_mi = 42.6
area_land_sq_mi = 42.5
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 21243
population_density_km2 = 192.8
population_density_sq_mi = 499.4

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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elevation_m = 228
elevation_ft = 748
latd = 39 |latm = 52 |lats = 4 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 52 |longs = 5 |longEW = W

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Madison Township is one of the seventeen townships of Franklin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 21,243 people in the township, 12,355 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39049 Franklin County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the southeastern corner of the township, it borders the following townships and municipalities:
*Columbus - north
*Truro Township - northeast
*Violet Township, Fairfield County - east
*Bloom Township, Fairfield County - southeast
*Madison Township, Pickaway County - south
*Harrison Township, Pickaway County - southwest corner
*Hamilton Township - west
*Obetz - northwest

Several municipalities are located in Madison Township:
*The village of Canal Winchester, in the east
*The city of Columbus, in the north and southwest
*The village of Groveport, in the west
*The village of Obetz, in the northwest
*The city of Pickerington, in the northeastThe census-designated place of Blacklick Estates lies in northern Madison Township.

The following streams run through Madison Township:
*Alum Creek
*Big Walnut Creek
*Blacklick Creek

Name and history

It is one of twenty Madison Townships statewide.

The township was established by the Northwest Ordinance in 1787, but it was not officially organized until 1810, when its population had reached 500. [ [http://www.madisontownship.org/index-2.html Madison Township Home Page] Madison Township. Accessed 2007-05-28.]

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. Currently, the board is composed of Susan Brobst, Jim Hummel, and Dennis White. [ [http://www.madisontownship.org/trustees.htm Madison Township Trustees Home Page] Madison Township. Accessed 2007-05-28.]

References

External links

* [http://www.madisontownship.org/index-2.html Township website]
* [http://www.co.franklin.oh.us County website]