Jefferson Township, Scioto County, Ohio

Jefferson Township, Scioto County, Ohio
Township
Baptist church on Burns Hollow Road
Location of Jefferson Township in Scioto County
Coordinates: 38°53′13″N82°55′59″W / 38.88694°N 82.93306°W / 38.88694; -82.93306
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Scioto
Area
• Total	24.6 sq mi (63.8 km2)
• Land	24.6 sq mi (63.8 km2)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation [1]	942 ft (287 m)
Population  (2020) [2]
• Total	2,546
• Density	100/sq mi (40/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code	39-38815 [3]
GNIS feature ID	1086927 [1]

Jefferson Township is one of the sixteen townships of Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census counted 2,546 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Union Township, Pike County - north
• Madison Township - east
• Harrison Township - southeast
• Clay Township - south
• Valley Township - west
• Scioto Township, Pike County - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Jefferson Township, although the unincorporated community of Clarktown lies in the township's southeast.

Name and history

Named after Thomas Jefferson, ^[4] it is one of twenty-four Jefferson Townships statewide. ^{[5] [6]}

Jefferson Township was established prior to 1810. ^[6]

In 1833, Jefferson Township contained two water power gristmills, one saw mill, and one horse mill and distillery, one tavern and one tan yard. ^[7]

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, ^[8] 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.

Ohio Department of Corrections Southern Ohio Correctional Facility is partly in the township. ^[9]

References

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
2. "Jefferson township, Scioto County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
3. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
4. Bannon, Henry Towne (1927). Stories Old and Often Told, Being Chronicles of Scioto County, Ohio. Baltimore: Waverly Press. p. 274.
5. "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved February 16, 2007.
6. "Portsmouth Area Resource Guide, 2007-2008". The Community Common. July 29, 2007. p. 6.
7. Kilbourn, John (1833). The Ohio Gazetteer, or, a Topographical Dictionary. Scott and Wright. pp.  256 . Retrieved December 12, 2013.
8. §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.
9. "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Jefferson township, OH" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved August 1, 2022. Southern Ohio Corr Facility

External links

• County website