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. Public services The township is served by the Somerville and Collinsville post offices and is in the Talawanda City School District. Major highways include State Routes 73 (the road between Oxford and Middletown), 177, and 744, and U.S. Route 127 (the road between Hamilton and Eaton). U.S. 127 was dedicated at the 2005 Milford Township Bicentennial as the Gov. Andrew L. Harris Bicentennial Roadway by an invited speaker, James Brodbelt Harris, the governor's relative and the president of the family reunion association, whose family owns an Ohio Century Farm in the township. Milford Township operates a fire department, housed in three stations. A new fire headquarters was built to replace the former Collinsville Fire Department that was taken over when the village ceased to exist. Before its dissolution, Somerville also operated a small fire department that was absorbed back in the township. All EMS services are provided by Oxford Fire Department in the northwest and Seven Mile Fire Department in the southeast. Law enforcement is provided to the township by the Butler County Sheriff's office. References Bert S. Barlow, W.H. Todhunter, Stephen D. Cone, Joseph J. Pater, and Frederick Schneider, eds. Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio. Hamilton, Ohio: B.F. Bowen, 1905. Jim Blount. The 1900s: 100 Years In the History of Butler County, Ohio. Hamilton, Ohio: Past Present Press, 2000. Butler County Engineer's Office. Butler County Official Transportation Map, 2003. Fairfield Township, Butler County, Ohio: The Office, 2003. A History and Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio with Illustrations and Sketches of Its Representative Men and Pioneers. Cincinnati, Ohio: Western Biographical Publishing Company, 1882. A History and Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio Ohio. Secretary of State. The Ohio municipal and township roster, 2002-2003. Columbus, Ohio: The Secretary, 2003. External links Township website County website Townships in Butler County, Ohio Townships in Ohio 1805 establishments in Ohio Populated places established in 1805