Madison Township, Lake County, Ohio
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Madison Township is one of the five 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 Lake County
Lake County, Ohio
Lake County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of 2010, the population was 230,041. The county seat is Painesville, and the county name comes from its location on the southern shore of Lake Erie....

, Ohio
Ohio
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, United States
United States
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. The 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

 found 18,428 people in the township, 15,494 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the easternmost part of the county along Lake Erie
Lake Erie
Lake Erie is the fourth largest lake of the five Great Lakes in North America, and the tenth largest globally. It is the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume of the Great Lakes and therefore also has the shortest average water residence time. It is bounded on the north by the...

, it borders the following townships:
  • Geneva Township, Ashtabula County
    Geneva Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
    Geneva Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 11,954 people in the township, 3,814 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

     - northeast
  • Harpersfield Township, Ashtabula County
    Harpersfield Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
    Harpersfield Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,603 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the northwestern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:...

     - east
  • Trumbull Township, Ashtabula County
    Trumbull Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
    Trumbull Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,461 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the western edge of the county, it borders the following townships:...

     - southeast corner
  • Thompson Township, Geauga County
    Thompson Township, Geauga County, Ohio
    Thompson Township is one of the sixteen townships of Geauga County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,383 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...

     - south
  • LeRoy Township
    LeRoy Township, Lake County, Ohio
    LeRoy Township is one of the five townships of Lake County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,122 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Perry Township - north...

     - southwest
  • Perry Township
    Perry Township, Lake County, Ohio
    Perry Township is one of the five townships of Lake County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 8,240 people in the township, 6,220 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

     - west


Several populated places are located in Madison Township:
  • The village of Madison
    Madison, Ohio
    Madison is a village in Lake County, Ohio, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 2,921.-Geography:Madison is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land....

    , in the center
  • A small portion of the village of North Perry
    North Perry, Ohio
    North Perry is a village in Lake County, Ohio, United States. The population was 838 at the 2000 census.-Geography:North Perry is located at...

    , in the far northwest
  • The census-designated place
    Census-designated place
    A census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...

     of North Madison
    North Madison, Ohio
    North Madison is a census-designated place in Lake County, Ohio, United States. The population was 8,451 at the 2000 census.-Geography:North Madison is located at ....

    , along the lakeshore
  • Part of the unincorporated community
    Unincorporated area
    In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

     of Unionville
    Unionville, Ohio
    Unionville is an unincorporated community on the line between northwestern Harpersfield Township in Ashtabula County and eastern Madison Township in Lake County in the U.S. state of Ohio. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44088...

    , on the border with Harpersfield 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. Currently, the board is composed of president Peter Wayman and members Bill Brotzman and Max Anderson, and the fiscal officer is Terry Gerred-Ditchcreek.

Education

Students enrolled in kingergarten through the fifth grade attend Red Bird Elementary, North Madison Elementary, or Homer Nash Kimball. Students in grades six through eight attend Madison Middle School. Local high school
High school
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 students attend Madison High School
Madison High School (Madison, Ohio)
For schools with a similar name, see Madison High School.Madison High School is a public high school located in the town of Madison, Ohio, USA. The only high school in the Madison Local School District, it was established in 1970.-Classes:...

. Madison Township is also home to one of Lakeland Community College
Lakeland Community College
Lakeland Community College is a two-year community college in Lake County, Ohio. Established in 1967, Lakeland was the first college in Ohio founded by a vote of the people...

's three off-site centers.

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