Mifflin Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Mifflin Township is one of the fifteen townships of Ashland County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census found 1,126 people in the township, 989 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. Geography. Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships: The village of Mifflin is located in central Mifflin Township. Name and history. Mifflin Township was established about 1814. 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, 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.