Madison Township, Fayette County, Ohio

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Madison Township is one of ten townships in Fayette County, Ohio. It sits in the northeastern corner of the county. The township covers about 35.7 square miles, mostly land, and had about 1,102 residents in 2020. There are no municipalities in the township, but the census-designated place of Pancoastburg is located within it.

There are twenty Madison Townships in Ohio, and this is one of them.

Government is handled by a three-member board of trustees. Trustees are elected in November of odd-numbered years for four-year terms starting on January 1. Two trustees are elected the year after a presidential election, and one is elected the year before it. There is also a township fiscal officer elected to a four-year term beginning on April 1 after the election (held in November of the year before the presidential election). If a vacancy occurs, the remaining trustees fill it.