Jackson Township, Guernsey County, Ohio

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Jackson Township, Guernsey County, Ohio
Township
Ideal cornfield east of Vocational.jpg
Fields along Ideal Road, northeast of Byesville
Map of Guernsey County Ohio Highlighting Jackson Township.png
Location of Jackson Township in Guernsey County
Coordinates: 39°58′17″N81°33′11″W / 39.97139°N 81.55306°W / 39.97139; -81.55306
Country United States
State Ohio
County Guernsey
Area
 • Total24.2 sq mi (62.8 km2)
 • Land24.2 sq mi (62.6 km2)
 • Water0.08 sq mi (0.2 km2)
Elevation
[1]
915 ft (279 m)
Population
 (2020) [2]
 • Total4,998
 • Density210/sq mi (80/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code 39-37786 [3]
GNIS feature ID1086180 [1]

Jackson Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 4,998.

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Geography

Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:

The village of Byesville is located in central Jackson Township, and the southern end of the city of Cambridge is in the northern part of the township.

Name and history

Jackson Township was organized in 1824, and named for General Andrew Jackson, afterward seventh President of the United States. [4] It is one of thirty-seven Jackson Townships statewide. [5]

Schools

Children from Jackson Township would have attended these schools in the early to mid 1900s: Ideal School, Happy Dale School, Garfield School (A.K.A. Stop Nine School), Lincoln School, Central (High) School and Byesville High (Elementary) School. The current public schools of the township are made up from the Rolling Hills Local School District: Byesville Elementary School, Brook Intermediate School, Meadowbrook Middle School and Meadowbrook High School. [6]

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, [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.

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References

  1. 1 2 "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ↑ "Jackson township, Guernsey County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  3. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ↑ Sarchet, Cyrus Parkinson Beatty (1911). History of Guernsey County, Ohio, Volume 1. B.F. Bowen & Company. p. 291.
  5. ↑ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved February 16, 2007.
  6. ↑ Wolfe, William G. Stories of Guernsey County Ohio (1943)
  7. ↑ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.
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