Milford Township, one of thirteen townships in the county, is located in north-central Butler County, Ohio, United States, between Oxford and Middletown. The township had a population of 3,550 at the 2010 census, up from 3,254 in 2000. Excluding the now-defunct village of Somerville, 3,269 people lived in the unincorporated part of the township. It comprises one entire survey township in the Congress Lands and has an area of . The township was named by Robert Lytle, the township justice of the peace and county judge who was the great-grandfather of a famous Milford Township native, Governor Andrew L. Harris. Statewide, other Milford Townships are located in Defiance and Knox counties. History The seventh township in order of creation, it was erected from St. Clair Township by the Butler County Commissioners on December 2, 1805, with these boundaries: Beginning at the southeast corner of the fifth township of the second range west of the Miami; thence north with the east boundary of the said second range to the north boundary of the county; thence west with the northern boundary line to the northwest corner of the county; thence south with the western boundary line of the county to the southwest corner of the fifth township in the first range; thence to the place of beginning. This area was diminished to the present territory when the western half, another full survey township commonly known as the "college township", was separated from Milford Township by the Butler County Commissioners (James Blackburn, William Robison, and John Wingate) on August 5, 1811, to form Oxford Township. Historic population figures 1900—1476 1910—1397 1920—1344 1930—1467 1940—1532 1950—1688 1960—2135 1970—2350 1980—2569 1990—2651 2000—3254 2010—3550 Geography Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships: Somers Township, Preble County - north Gratis Township, Preble County - northeast corner Wayne Township - east St. Clair Township - southeast corner Hanover Township - south Reily Township - southwest corner Oxford Township - west Israel Township, Preble County - northwest corner Unincorporated places in the township are Darrtown, Collinsville, and Somerville. 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,