Canaan Township, Madison County, Ohio
Township
Price Corners farmhouse on U.S. Route 42
Location of Canaan Township in Madison County
Coordinates: 40°3′12″N 83°16′36″W / 40.05333°N 83.27667°W / 40.05333; -83.27667
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Madison
Area
• Total	35.0 sq mi (90.6 km2)
• Land	35.0 sq mi (90.6 km2)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation [1]	965 ft (294 m)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	2,631
• Density	75/sq mi (29/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code	39-11234[3]
GNIS feature ID	1086540[1]

Canaan Township is one of the fourteen townships of Madison County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 2,631 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Darby Township - north
• Washington Township, Franklin County - northeast
• Brown Township, Franklin County - east
• Jefferson Township - south
• Monroe Township - west

No municipalities are located in Canaan Township.

Name and history

As of 1854, the population of the township was 685,^[4] 842 in 1890, 881 in 1900, and 921 in 1910.^[5] Statewide, other Canaan Townships are located in Athens, Morrow, and Wayne counties.

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.