Fairfield Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Madison County

Madison County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 40,213 people, 13,672 households, and 10,035 families residing in the county. The population density was 86 people per square mile . There were 14,399 housing units at an average density of 31 per square mile...

, Ohio

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,333 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Jefferson Township
  Jefferson Township, Madison County, Ohio
  Jefferson Township is one of the fourteen townships of Madison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,935 people in the township, 2,604 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Pleasant Township, Franklin County
  Pleasant Township, Franklin County, Ohio
  Pleasant Township is one of the seventeen townships of Franklin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 7,030 people in the township, 6,704 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Darby Township, Pickaway County
  Darby Township, Pickaway County, Ohio
  Darby Township is one of the fifteen townships of Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,492 people in the township, 3,486 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Pleasant Township
  Pleasant Township, Madison County, Ohio
  Pleasant Township is one of the fourteen townships of Madison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,282 people in the township, 1,417 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Oak Run Township
  Oak Run Township, Madison County, Ohio
  Oak Run Township is one of the fourteen townships of Madison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 514 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Fairfield Township - east...
  
   - southwest
• Union Township
  Union Township, Madison County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the fourteen townships of Madison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,411 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Deer Creek Township - north...
  
   - west
• Deer Creek Township
  Deer Creek Township, Madison County, Ohio
  Deer Creek Township is one of the fourteen townships of Madison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,030 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
  - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Fairfield 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.