[5] Tipton County commissioners ordered Madison Township to be created in June 1844.

Walnut trees, Poplar, Oak, Ash, Elm, Maple, Beech, and Sycamore were commonly found.

Mills were located in Hamilton County, and Madison Township wheat was used to make flour and corn-crackers.

Native peoples in the area traded deer skins, venison, bead work and other items for gunpowder, food and clothing.

It was owned by Gilbert Wright and sourced power from Duck Creek's west fork.

Birch helped residents with their health problems, built houses, played violin at parties, and was known for being able to "kill more deer, market more coon skins, tell more yarns, sing louder at a camp meeting and stand up under more vile whisky than any other man in the entire county.

In the early 20th century, the Lake Erie & Western Railroad and a branch of the Indiana Union Traction Company traveled east to west through the township.