Jefferson Township, Jackson County, Ohio

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Jefferson Township, Jackson County, Ohio
Township
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Jackson Lake
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Location of Jefferson Township in Jackson County
Coordinates: 38°53′14″N82°36′3″W / 38.88722°N 82.60083°W / 38.88722; -82.60083
Country United States
State Ohio
County Jackson
Area
 • Total36.9 sq mi (95.6 km2)
 • Land36.6 sq mi (94.7 km2)
 • Water0.3 sq mi (0.9 km2)
Elevation
[1]
837 ft (255 m)
Population
 (2020) [2]
 • Total3,509
 • Density95/sq mi (37/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code 39-38654 [3]
GNIS feature ID1086368 [1]

Jefferson Township is one of the twelve townships of Jackson County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, 3,509 people lived in the township.

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Geography

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

Part of the village of Oak Hill is located in eastern Jefferson Township.

Name and history

Jefferson Township was organized around 1818, and named for Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States. [4] It is one of twenty-four Jefferson Townships statewide. [5]

Jefferson Township has the twelfth largest population of people of Welsh descent in the United States, and sixth largest in Ohio. [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. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ↑ "Jefferson township, Jackson County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  3. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  4. ↑ Webster, Daniel Webster (1900). A History of Jackson County, Ohio. p. 149.
  5. ↑ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved 2007-02-16.
  6. ↑ "Welsh Ancestry Search - Welsh Genealogy by City - ePodunk.com". Archived from the original on 2015-07-13. Retrieved 2015-05-22.
  7. ↑ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.
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