Union Township is one of the fourteen townships of Madison County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 5,867 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships: Deer Creek Township - north Jefferson Township - northeast corner Fairfield Township - east Oak Run Township - southeast Paint Township - southwest Harmony Township, Clark County - west Somerford Township - northwest
Most of the city of London, the county seat of Madison County, is located in northern Union Township.
Name and history
It is one of twenty-seven Union Townships statewide.
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.