Somerford 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

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 6,975 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Pike Township
  Pike Township, Madison County, Ohio
  Pike Township is one of the fourteen townships of Madison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 531 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Monroe Township
  Monroe Township, Madison County, Ohio
  Monroe Township is one of the fourteen townships of Madison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,769 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Pike Township - north...
  
   - northeast
• 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:...
  
   - east
• 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...
  
   - south
• Harmony Township, Clark County
  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:...
  
   - southwest
• Pleasant Township, Clark County
  Pleasant Township, Clark County, Ohio
  Pleasant Township is one of the ten townships of Clark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,134 people in the township, 2,822 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Goshen Township, Champaign County
  Goshen Township, Champaign County, Ohio
  Goshen Township is one of the twelve townships of Champaign County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,383 people in the township, 1,639 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

No municipalities are located in Somerford Township, although the census-designated place

Census-designated place

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 of Choctaw Lake

Choctaw Lake, Ohio

Choctaw Lake is a census-designated place in Madison County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,562 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Choctaw Lake is located at ....

 and the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 of Summerford

Summerford, Ohio

Summerford is an unincorporated community in Somerford Township, Madison County, Ohio, United States. It is located at , at the intersection of U.S. Route 40 and State Route 56.-History:...

lie in the township's south.

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.