Jefferson Township, Jackson County, Ohio

Jefferson Township, Jackson County, Ohio
Township


Location of Jefferson Township in Jackson County
Coordinates: 38°53′14″N 82°36′3″W / 38.88722°N 82.60083°W / 38.88722; -82.60083Coordinates: 38°53′14″N 82°36′3″W / 38.88722°N 82.60083°W / 38.88722; -82.60083
Country United States
State Ohio
County Jackson
Area
 • Total 36.9 sq mi (95.6 km2)
 • Land 36.6 sq mi (94.7 km2)
 • Water 0.3 sq mi (0.9 km2)
Elevation[1] 837 ft (255 m)
Population (2000)
 • Total 3,508
 • Density 95.9/sq mi (37.0/km2)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code 39-38654[2]
GNIS feature ID 1086368[1]

Jefferson Township is one of the twelve townships of Jackson County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 3,508 people lived in the township, including 2,573 in its unincorporated areas.[3]

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.

References

  1. 1 2 "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  3. ↑ Jackson County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 13 May 2007.
  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. ↑ http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Welsh.html
  7. ↑ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.
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