Lick Township, Jackson County, Ohio

Lick Township, Jackson County, Ohio
Township
Columbia Chapel north of Jackson
Location of Lick Township in Jackson County
Coordinates: 39°3′20″N82°37′8″W / 39.05556°N 82.61889°W / 39.05556; -82.61889
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Jackson
Area
• Total	20.1 sq mi (52.2 km2)
• Land	20.1 sq mi (52.2 km2)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation [1]	650 ft (198 m)
Population  (2020) [2]
• Total	2,600
• Density	130/sq mi (50/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code	39-43442 [3]
GNIS feature ID	1086370 [1]

Lick Township is one of the twelve townships of Jackson County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, 2,600 people lived in the township.

Geography

Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Coal Township: north
• Milton Township: northeast
• Bloomfield Township: southeast
• Franklin Township: south
• Scioto Township: southwest corner
• Liberty Township: west

Lick Township lies between the two other Jackson County townships that do not border other counties: Coal Township to the north, and Franklin Township to the south.

Much of the city of Jackson, the county seat of Jackson County, is located in Lick Township.

Name and history

Thomas Hutchins' map of Henry Bouquet's 1764 expedition to Ohio showing "Lick T." just below the center of the page.

Lick Township was organized as an original township of Jackson County, and named for the salt licks within its borders. ^[4] It is the only Lick Township statewide, although there are Licking Townships in Licking and Muskingum counties. The first map showing the town is a 1764 map of Henry Bouquet's expedition to Ohio, which places "Lick T." on the upper Scioto.

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, ^[5] 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.

References

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Archived from the original on February 12, 2012. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
2. "Lick township, Jackson County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 12, 2023. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
3. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 21, 2022. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
4. Webster, Daniel Webster (1900). A History of Jackson County, Ohio. p. 149.
5. §503.24 Archived July 21, 2009, at the Wayback Machine , §505.01 Archived December 31, 2008, at the Wayback Machine , and §507.01 Archived July 21, 2009, at the Wayback Machine of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

External links

• County website