Canaan Township, Madison County, Ohio

Township in Ohio, United States

40°3′12″N 83°16′36″W / 40.05333°N 83.27667°W / 40.05333; -83.27667CountryUnited StatesStateOhioCountyMadisonArea

• Total35.0 sq mi (90.6 km²) • Land35.0 sq mi (90.6 km²) • Water0.0 sq mi (0.0 km²)Elevation

^[1]

965 ft (294 m)Population

(2020)^[2]

• Total2,631 • Density75/sq mi (29/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)FIPS code39-11234^[3]GNIS feature ID1086540^[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.

References

^ ^a ^b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Canaan township, Madison County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ Thomas Baldwin & J. Thomas, A new and complete gazetteer of the United States, Lippincott, Grambo & Co, 1854, Pg. 186
^ Bureau of the Census, Thirteenth census of the United States taken in the year 1910, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1913, Pg. 584.
^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.