Jackson Township is one of the nineteen townships

Civil township

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 of Guernsey County

Guernsey County, Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 5,399 people in the township, 2,825 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Cambridge Township
  Cambridge Township, Guernsey County, Ohio
  Cambridge Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 15,505 people in the township, 3,985 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Center Township
  Center Township, Guernsey County, Ohio
  Center Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 779 people in the township, 1,688 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Richland Township
  Richland Township, Guernsey County, Ohio
  Richland Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,033 people in the township, 1,489 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Valley Township
  Valley Township, Guernsey County, Ohio
  Valley Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,378 people in the township, 1,939 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Spencer Township
  Spencer Township, Guernsey County, Ohio
  Spencer Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,058 people in the township, 656 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Westland Township
  Westland Township, Guernsey County, Ohio
  Westland Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,931 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west

The village of Byesville

Byesville, Ohio

Byesville is a village in Guernsey County, Ohio, United States, along Wills Creek. The population was 2,574 as of the 2000 census.-Geography:Byesville is located at ....

 is located in central Jackson Township.

Name and history

It is one of thirty-seven Jackson Townships statewide.

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.