Pleasant Township is one of the fourteen townships of Madison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,282 people in the township, 1,417 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[3]

Pleasant Township, Madison County, Ohio
Township
Pleasant Cemetery, northeast of Mount Sterling
Location of Pleasant Township in Madison County
Coordinates: 39°43′39″N 83°16′14″W
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Madison
Area
• Total	31.3 sq mi (81.0 km2)
• Land	31.3 sq mi (81.0 km2)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation [1]	915 ft (279 m)
Population  (2000)
• Total	3,282
• Density	104.9/sq mi (40.5/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code	39-63338[2]
GNIS feature ID	1086550[1]

Geography

Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Fairfield Township - north
• Darby Township, Pickaway County - east
• Monroe Township, Pickaway County - southeast
• Madison Township, Fayette County - south
• Range Township - west
• Oak Run Township - northwest

The village of Mount Sterling is located in southeastern Pleasant Township.

Name and history

It is one of fifteen Pleasant Townships statewide.[4]

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

External links

• County website