Mifflin Township, Ashland County, Ohio

Township in Ohio, United States

40°46′28″N 82°22′0″W / 40.77444°N 82.36667°W / 40.77444; -82.36667CountryUnited StatesStateOhioCountyAshlandArea

• Total13.6 sq mi (35.3 km²) • Land12.4 sq mi (32.0 km²) • Water1.3 sq mi (3.3 km²)Elevation

^[1]

1,309 ft (399 m)Population

(2020)

• Total1,231 • Density91/sq mi (35.2/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)FIPS code39-50050^[2]GNIS feature ID1085708^[1]

Mifflin Township is one of the fifteen townships of Ashland County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,231 at the 2020 census.^[3]

Geography

Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:

Milton Township - north
Montgomery Township - northeast corner
Vermillion Township - east
Green Township - southeast corner
Monroe Township, Richland County - south
Mifflin Township, Richland County - west
Weller Township, Richland County - northwest corner

The village of Mifflin is located in central Mifflin Township.

Name and history

Mifflin Township was established about 1814.^[4] When Ashland County was formed on 24 February 1846, Mifflin Township was partitioned, with original records remaining in the eastern ~1/3 portion of "old" Mifflin Township in the new Ashland County, and the western ~2/3 portion of "new" Mifflin Township remaining in Richland County.^{[citation needed]}

Statewide, other Mifflin Townships are located in Franklin, Pike, Richland, and Wyandot 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,^[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.

References

^ ^a ^b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Mifflin township, Ashland County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
^ Hill, George William (1863). History of Ashland County, Ohio. Williams Bros. p. 524.
^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.