Bloomfield Township is one of the twelve townships

Civil township

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 of Jackson County

Jackson County, Ohio

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United States Census, 2000

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, 896 people lived in the township.

Geography

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

• Milton Township
  Milton Township, Jackson County, Ohio
  Milton Township is one of the twelve townships of Jackson County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 1,119 people lived in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
  : north
• Wilkesville Township, Vinton County
  Wilkesville Township, Vinton County, Ohio
  Wilkesville Township is one of the twelve townships of Vinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 888 people in the township, 737 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
  : northeast corner
• Huntington Township, Gallia County
  Huntington Township, Gallia County, Ohio
  Huntington Township is one of the fifteen townships of Gallia County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,511 people in the township, 1,187 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
  : east
• Raccoon Township, Gallia County
  Raccoon Township, Gallia County, Ohio
  Raccoon Township is one of the fifteen townships of Gallia County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,302 people in the township, 1,253 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
  : southeast corner
• Madison Township
  Madison Township, Jackson County, Ohio
  Madison Township is one of the twelve townships of Jackson County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 2,171 people lived in the township, including 1,421 in its unincorporated areas.-Geography:...
  
  : south
• Franklin Township
  Franklin Township, Jackson County, Ohio
  Franklin Township is one of the twelve townships of Jackson County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 1,913 people lived in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the township, it borders the following townships:...
  
  : west
• Lick Township
  Lick Township, Jackson County, Ohio
  Lick Township is one of the twelve townships of Jackson County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 2,682 people lived in the township.-Geography:Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Coal Township: north...
  
  : northwest

No municipalities are located in Bloomfield Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Bloomfield Townships are located in Logan

Bloomfield Township, Logan County, Ohio

Bloomfield Township is one of the seventeen townships of Logan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 419 people in the township, making Bloomfield the smallest township in Logan County in population.-Geography:...

 and Trumbull

Bloomfield Township, Trumbull County, Ohio

Bloomfield Township is one of the twenty-four townships of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,097 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

Counties.

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, 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.