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词条 Madison Township, Jackson County, Ohio
释义

  1. Geography

  2. Name and history

  3. Government

  4. References

  5. External links

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|official_name = Madison Township, Jackson County, Ohio
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|image_skyline = Oak Hill community cemetery.jpg
|imagesize = 250px
|image_caption = Oak Hill Cemetery, east of the village
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|image_map = Map of Jackson County Ohio Highlighting Madison Township.png
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|map_caption = Location of Madison Township in Jackson County
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = United States
|subdivision_type1 = State
|subdivision_name1 = Ohio
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Jackson
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|area_total_km2 = 117.6
|area_land_km2 = 117.3
|area_water_km2 = 0.3
|area_total_sq_mi = 45.4
|area_land_sq_mi = 45.3
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.1
|population_as_of = 2010
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|population_total = 2188
|population_density_km2 = 18.6
|population_density_sq_mi = 48.2
|timezone = Eastern (EST)
|utc_offset = -5
|timezone_DST = EDT
|utc_offset_DST = -4
|elevation_footnotes = [1]
|elevation_m = 242
|elevation_ft = 794
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}}Madison Township is one of the twelve townships of Jackson County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, 2,188 people lived in the township, including 1,549 in its unincorporated areas.[3]

Geography

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

  • Bloomfield Township: north
  • Huntington Township, Gallia County: northeast corner
  • Raccoon Township, Gallia County: east
  • Perry Township, Gallia County: southeast
  • Greenfield Township, Gallia County: south
  • Jefferson Township: west
  • Franklin Township: northwest

Part of the village of Oak Hill is located in western Madison Township.

Name and history

Madison was organized as one of the original townships of Jackson Township, and was named for James Madison.[4] It is one of twenty Madison Townships statewide.[5]

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,[6] 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. ^{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=2007-10-25}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://factfinder2.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=American FactFinder}}
3. ^{{cite web | url=https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml | title=American FactFinder | publisher=United States Census Bureau | accessdate=26 July 2018}}
4. ^{{cite book|last=Webster|first=Daniel Webster|title=A History of Jackson County, Ohio|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3CsVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA149|year=1900|page=149}}
5. ^{{Cite web| title = Detailed map of Ohio| work = | publisher = United States Census Bureau| year = 2000| url = http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/cousub_outline/cen2k_pgsz/oh_cosub.pdf| format = PDF| accessdate =2007-02-16}}
6. ^§503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

External links

  • County website
{{Jackson County, Ohio}}

2 : Townships in Jackson County, Ohio|Townships in Ohio

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