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Canaan Township, Madison County, Ohio

Township in Ohio, US

Field	Value
official_name	Canaan Township, Madison County, Ohio
settlement_type	Township
image_skyline	Price Corners northern side and rear.jpg
imagesize	250px
image_caption	Price Corners farmhouse on U.S. Route 42
image_map	Map of Madison County Ohio Highlighting Canaan Township.png
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location of Canaan Township in Madison County
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Ohio
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Madison
unit_pref	Imperial
area_total_km2	90.6
area_land_km2	90.6
area_water_km2	0.0
area_total_sq_mi	35.0
area_land_sq_mi	35.0
area_water_sq_mi	0.0
population_as_of	2020
population_footnotes
population_total	2631
population_density_km2	auto
population_density_sq_mi	auto
timezone	Eastern (EST)
utc_offset	-5
timezone_DST	EDT
utc_offset_DST	-4
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m	294
elevation_ft	965
coordinates
blank_name	FIPS code
blank_info	39-11234
blank1_name	GNIS feature ID
blank1_info	1086540

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, 842 in 1890, 881 in 1900, and 921 in 1910. 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, 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

"Canaan township, Madison County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau.
(2007-10-25). "US Board on Geographic Names". [[United States Geological Survey]].
"U.S. Census website". [[United States Census Bureau]].
Thomas Baldwin & J. Thomas, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=_5s6AAAAcAAJ&dq=%22Madison+County%2C+Ohio%22&pg=PA304 A new and complete gazetteer of the United States]'', Lippincott, Grambo & Co, 1854, Pg. 186
Bureau of the Census, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=stBEAAAAYAAJ&q=Ohio+statistics Thirteenth census of the United States taken in the year 1910]'', U.S. Government Printing Office, 1913, Pg. 584.
[http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/503.24 §503.24], [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/505.01 §505.01], and [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/507.01 §507.01] of the [[Ohio Revised Code]]. Accessed 4/30/2009.

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