Madison Township, Guernsey County, Ohio

Madison Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 969.

Madison Township, Guernsey County, Ohio
Township
Antrim United Methodist Church
Antrim United Methodist Church
Location of Madison Township in Guernsey County
Location of Madison Township in Guernsey County
Coordinates: 40°6′25″N 81°23′43″W
CountryUnited States
StateOhio
CountyGuernsey
Area
 • Total24.9 sq mi (64.6 km2)
 • Land24.9 sq mi (64.5 km2)
 • Water0.04 sq mi (0.1 km2)
Elevation
[1]
820 ft (250 m)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total969
 • Density39/sq mi (15/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code39-46424[3]
GNIS feature ID1086185[1]

Geography

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

No municipalities are located in Madison Township.

Antrim is an unincorporated hamlet in the township at the junction of US 22 and SR 513[4] and was the site of several former schools.[5]

Name and history

Madison Township was organized in 1810.[6] It is one of twenty Madison Townships statewide.[7]

A school named Madison College operated from 1835 through 1859.[8][9]

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,[10] 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.

References
  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. "Madison township, Guernsey County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  3. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. "Antrim, Ohio". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  5. "Guernsey County Schools". Old Ohio Schools.
  6. Sarchet, Cyrus Parkinson Beatty (1911). History of Guernsey County, Ohio, Volume 1. B.F. Bowen & Company. p. 322.
  7. "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved February 16, 2007.
  8. "Madison College". Mathematical Association of America.
  9. Compiled by the Writer's Program of the Works Progress Administration in the State of Ohio (1940). Ohio: The Ohio Guide. Federal Writers' Project. ISBN 9781623760342.
  10. §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.
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