Madison Township is one of the seventeen townships

Civil township

A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States, subordinate to, and geographic divisions of, a county. Specific responsibilities and the degree of autonomy vary based on each state. Civil townships are distinct from survey townships, but in states that have both,...

 of Highland County

Highland County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 40,875 people, 15,587 households, and 11,394 families residing in the county. The population density was 74 people per square mile . There were 17,583 housing units at an average density of 32 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 6,922 people in the township, 2,016 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Perry Township, Fayette County
  Perry Township, Fayette County, Ohio
  Perry Township is one of the ten townships of Fayette County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 945 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Union Township - north...
  
   - north
• Wayne Township, Fayette County
  Wayne Township, Fayette County, Ohio
  Wayne Township is one of the ten townships of Fayette County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,367 people in township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Marion Township - north...
  
   - northeast corner
• Buckskin Township, Ross County
  Buckskin Township, Ross County, Ohio
  Buckskin Township is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,040 people in the township, 827 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Paint Township, Ross County
  Paint Township, Ross County, Ohio
  Paint Township is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,169 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Buckskin Township - north...
  
   - southeast
• Paint Township
  Paint Township, Highland County, Ohio
  Paint Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,112 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the east part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Madison Township - north...
  
   - south
• Fairfield Township
  Fairfield Township, Highland County, Ohio
  Fairfield Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,219 people in the township, 1,683 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Green Township, Fayette County
  Green Township, Fayette County, Ohio
  Green Township is one of the ten townships of Fayette County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 499 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:*Concord Township - north...
  
   - northwest corner

Most of the city of Greenfield

Greenfield, Ohio

Greenfield is a village in Highland, Fayette, and Ross counties in the U.S. state of Ohio, along Paint Creek. The population was 4,906 at the 2000 census...

is located in northeastern Madison Township.

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.