| Official Name: | Milton Township, Ashland County, Ohio |
| Settlement Type: | Township |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Ohio |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Ashland |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Km2: | 58.9 |
| Area Land Km2: | 58.7 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.2 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 2357 |
| Population Density Km2: | 40.6 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 384 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1260 |
| Coordinates: | 40.8514°N -82.3753°W |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 39-50610[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1085709 |
Milton Township is one of the fifteen townships of Ashland County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,357 at the 2020 census.[3]
Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:
Part of the city of Ashland, the county seat of Ashland County, is located in eastern Milton Township.
Milton Township was organized in 1816 and originally included two geographic townships.[4]
Milton Township was reduced to six miles square when Clear Creek Township was organized from the north half of Milton Township on 15 October 1818.[5] Upon the formation of Ashland County in 1846, Milton Township was again divided, four columns of sections on the east being included in Ashland County, the other two columns remaining in Richland. The last division reduced the township to its present dimensions—four by six miles.
It is one of five Milton Townships statewide.[6]
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,[7] 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.