Madison Township is one of the ten townships

Civil township

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 of Clark County

Clark County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 144,742 people, 56,648 households, and 39,370 families residing in the county. The population density was 362 people per square mile . There were 61,056 housing units at an average density of 153 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 2,796 people in the township, 946 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Harmony Township
  Harmony Township, Clark County, Ohio
  Harmony Township is one of the ten townships of Clark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,548 people in the township, 3,079 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Paint Township, Madison County
  Paint Township, Madison County, Ohio
  Paint Township is one of the fourteen townships of Madison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 565 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Stokes Township, Madison County
  Stokes Township, Madison County, Ohio
  Stokes Township is one of the fourteen townships of Madison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 746 people in the township, 341 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Ross Township, Greene County
  Ross Township, Greene County, Ohio
  Ross Township is one of the twelve townships of Greene County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 744 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Cedarville Township, Greene County
  Cedarville Township, Greene County, Ohio
  Cedarville Township is one of the twelve townships of Greene County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,092 people in the township, 1,264 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Green Township
  Green Township, Clark County, Ohio
  Green Township is one of the ten townships of Clark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,736 people in the township, 2,687 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Springfield Township
  Springfield Township, Clark County, Ohio
  Springfield Township is one of the ten townships of Clark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 13,424 people in the township.-Geography:Located at the center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Moorefield Township - north...
  
   - northwest corner

The village of South Charleston

South Charleston, Ohio

South Charleston is a village in Clark County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,850 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Springfield, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:South Charleston is located at ....

is located in central 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.