Madison Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 6,422.
Geography Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships: Perry Township, Fayette County - north Wayne Township, Fayette County - northeast corner Buckskin Township, Ross County - east Paint Township, Ross County - southeast Paint Township - south Fairfield Township - west Green Township, Fayette County - northwest corner
Most of the village of Greenfield is located in northeastern Madison 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,§503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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.
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External links County website