Madison Township is one of the eighteen townships

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 of Richland County

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, Ohio

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, United States

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. It is a part of the Mansfield

Mansfield, Ohio

Mansfield is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Richland County. The municipality is located in north-central Ohio in the western foothills of the Allegheny Plateau, approximately southwest of Cleveland and northeast of Columbus....

 Metropolitan Statistical Area. The 2000 census

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 found 14,680 people in the township.
Madison Township is centered at 40°47'22" North, 82°28'36" West (40.789444, -82.476666).

Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Franklin Township
  Franklin Township, Richland County, Ohio
  Franklin Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
   - north
• Weller Township
  Weller Township, Richland County, Ohio
  Weller Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
   - northeast
• Mifflin Township
  Mifflin Township, Richland County, Ohio
  Mifflin Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
   - east
• Monroe Township
  Monroe Township, Richland County, Ohio
  Monroe Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
   - southeast corner
• Washington Township
  Washington Township, Richland County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
   - south
• Troy Township
  Troy Township, Richland County, Ohio
  Troy Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
   - southwest corner
• Springfield Township
  Springfield Township, Richland County, Ohio
  Springfield Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
   - west
• Jackson Township
  Jackson Township, Richland County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
   - northwest corner

Most of Madison Township is occupied by the city of Mansfield

Mansfield, Ohio

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, the county seat

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 of Richland County.
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.