Range Township is one of the fourteen townships of Madison County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 981 people in the township
Geography Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships: Oak Run Township - north Pleasant Township - east Madison Township, Fayette County - southeast Paint Township, Fayette County - south Stokes Township - west Paint Township - northwest
The village of Midway is located in southwestern Range Township.
Name and history As of 1854, the population of the township was 988.Thomas Baldwin & J. Thomas, A new and complete gazetteer of the United States, Lippincott, Grambo & Co, 1854, Pg. 974 It is the only Range 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 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