Madison Township, Fayette County, Ohio
Township
The William McCafferty Farmhouse on State Route 207
Location of Madison Township in Fayette County
Coordinates: 39°39′32″N 83°18′3″W / 39.65889°N 83.30083°W / 39.65889; -83.30083
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Fayette
Area
• Total	35.7 sq mi (92.5 km2)
• Land	35.4 sq mi (91.7 km2)
• Water	0.3 sq mi (0.8 km2)
Elevation [1]	909 ft (277 m)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	1,102
• Density	31/sq mi (12/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code	39-46396[3]
GNIS feature ID	1086090[1]

Madison Township is one of the ten townships of Fayette County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 1,102.

Geography

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

• Pleasant Township, Madison County - north
• Monroe Township, Pickaway County - east
• Perry Township, Pickaway County - southeast
• Marion Township - south
• Paint Township - west
• Range Township, Madison County - northwest

No municipalities are located in Madison Township.

Name and history

It is one of twenty Madison Townships statewide.^[4]

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,^[5] 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.