Jackson Township is one of the fifteen townships

Civil township

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 of Noble County

Noble County, Ohio

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, Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 536 people in the township, 496 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Olive Township
  Olive Township, Noble County, Ohio
  Olive Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,395 people in the township, 3,429 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Enoch Township
  Enoch Township, Noble County, Ohio
  Enoch Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 413 people in the township, 409 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Jefferson Township
  Jefferson Township, Noble County, Ohio
  Jefferson Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 284 people in the township, 183 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast, south of Enoch Township
• Aurelius Township, Washington County
  Aurelius Township, Washington County, Ohio
  Aurelius Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Washington County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 441 people in the township, 239 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Salem Township, Washington County
  Salem Township, Washington County, Ohio
  Salem Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Washington County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,130 people in the township, 1,021 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Adams Township, Washington County
  Adams Township, Washington County, Ohio
  Adams Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Washington County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,830 people in the township, 1,202 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Waterford Township, Washington County
  Waterford Township, Washington County, Ohio
  Waterford Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Washington County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,708 people in the township, 2,426 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Center Township
  Center Township, Morgan County, Ohio
  Center Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 652 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Manchester Township - north...
  
   - west
• Sharon Township
  Sharon Township, Noble County, Ohio
  Sharon Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 353 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Noble Township - northeast...
  
   - northwest

It is the most southerly township in Noble County.

A part of the small village of Dexter City

Dexter City, Ohio

Dexter City is a village in Noble County, Ohio, United States, along the West Fork of Duck Creek. The population was 166 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land....

 is located in far northeastern 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.