Madison Township is one of the sixteen townships

Civil township

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 of Scioto County

Scioto County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 79,195 people, 30,871 households, and 21,362 families residing in the county. The population density was 129 people per square mile . There were 34,054 housing units at an average density of 56 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 3,794 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Marion Township, Pike County
  Marion Township, Pike County, Ohio
  Marion Township is one of the fourteen townships of Pike County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,351 people in the township, 1,068 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Scioto Township, Jackson County
  Scioto Township, Jackson County, Ohio
  Scioto Township is one of the twelve townships of Jackson County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 1,788 people lived in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast
• Hamilton Township, Jackson County
  Hamilton Township, Jackson County, Ohio
  Hamilton Township is one of the twelve townships of Jackson County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 513 people lived in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Union Township, Pike County
  Union Township, Pike County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the fourteen townships of Pike County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,240 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast
• Bloom Township
  Bloom Township, Scioto County, Ohio
  Bloom Township is one of the sixteen townships of Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,218 people in the township, 2,454 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Harrison Township
  Harrison Township, Scioto County, Ohio
  Harrison Township is one of the sixteen townships of Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,497 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Madison Township - north...
  
   - west
• Jefferson Township
  Jefferson Township, Scioto County, Ohio
  Jefferson Township is one of the sixteen townships of Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,751 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest

No municipalities are located in Madison Township, although the unincorporated communities

Unincorporated area

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 of Minford

Minford, Ohio

Minford is a census-designated place located on the border of Harrison and Madison Townships in northeastern Scioto County, Ohio, United States, about 14 miles northeast of the county seat of Portsmouth.-History:...

 and Mule Town

Mule Town, Ohio

Mule Town is an unincorporated community in southwestern Madison Township, Scioto County, Ohio, United States. Located at the intersection of State Route 335, Lucasville-Minford Road and Bennett Road, it lies just north of the unincorporated community of Minford, 7 miles east of the...

 lie along the border with Harrison Township and in the township's southwest respectively.

Name and history

Named after James Madison

James Madison

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, the fourth President of the United States

President of the United States

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, it is one of twenty Madison Townships statewide

Madison Township, Ohio

Madison Township, Ohio may refer to:*Madison Township, Butler County, Ohio*Madison Township, Clark County, Ohio*Madison Township, Columbiana County, Ohio*Madison Township, Fairfield County, Ohio*Madison Township, Fayette County, Ohio...

.

Madison Township was settled as early as 1797 and was organized in 1810.

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.