Madison Township is one of the twelve townships

Civil township

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 of Vinton County

Vinton County, Ohio

Vinton County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 13,435. , the least populous in the state. Its county seat is McArthur. The county is named for Samuel Finley Vinton, a 19th-century United States Congressman from...

, Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 682 people in the township, 307 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Brown Township
  Brown Township, Vinton County, Ohio
  Brown Township is one of the twelve townships of Vinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 281 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
  : north
• Knox Township
  Knox Township, Vinton County, Ohio
  Knox Township is one of the twelve townships of Vinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 599 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the far eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
  : east
• Vinton Township
  Vinton Township, Vinton County, Ohio
  Vinton Township is one of the twelve townships of Vinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 558 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Madison Township: north...
  
  : south
• Clinton Township
  Clinton Township, Vinton County, Ohio
  Clinton Township is one of the twelve townships of Vinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,045 people in the township, 1,174 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
  : southwest corner
• Elk Township
  Elk Township, Vinton County, Ohio
  Elk Township is one of the twelve townships of Vinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,134 people in the township, 1,246 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
  : west
• Swan Township
  Swan Township, Vinton County, Ohio
  Swan Township is one of the twelve townships of Vinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 796 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
  : northwest corner

It is one of only two county townships without a border on another county.

Zaleski

Zaleski, Ohio

Zaleski is a village in Vinton County, Ohio, United States. The population was 375 at the 2000 census; it is estimated to have risen to 399 by 2009.-History:Six Native American mounds, built by the prehistoric Adena culture, were once located at Zaleski...

, the second-smallest village in Vinton County, is located in northwestern 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.