Jackson Township is one of the twelve townships

Civil township

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 of Sandusky County

Sandusky County, Ohio

Sandusky County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 60,944. Its county seat is Fremont and it is named for a native word meaning "water" ....

, Ohio

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United States Census, 2000

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, 1,609 people lived in the township, 1,297 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Washington Township
  Washington Township, Sandusky County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the twelve townships of Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 2,396 people lived in the township, 1,769 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Sandusky Township
  Sandusky Township, Sandusky County, Ohio
  Sandusky Township is one of the twelve townships of Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 4,087 people lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Ballville Township
  Ballville Township, Sandusky County, Ohio
  Ballville Township is one of the twelve townships of Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 6,395 people lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Pleasant Township, Seneca County
  Pleasant Township, Seneca County, Ohio
  Pleasant Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,685 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Liberty Township, Seneca County
  Liberty Township, Seneca County, Ohio
  Liberty Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,340 people in the township, 1,556 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Jackson Township, Seneca County
  Jackson Township, Seneca County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,640 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Scott Township
  Scott Township, Sandusky County, Ohio
  Scott Township is one of the twelve townships of Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 1,502 people lived in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Madison Township
  Madison Township, Sandusky County, Ohio
  Madison Township is one of the twelve townships of Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 3,721 people lived in the township, 1,215 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest corner

Several communities are located in Jackson Township:

• The village of Burgoon
  Burgoon, Ohio
  Burgoon is a village in Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. The population was 199 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Burgoon is located at ....
  
  , in the south
• Part of the village of Helena
  Helena, Ohio
  Helena is a village in Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. The population was 236 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Helena is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land....
  
  , in the northwest
• The unincorporated community
  Unincorporated area
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   of Millersville
  Millersville, Ohio
  Millersville is an unincorporated community in northwestern Jackson Township, Sandusky County, Ohio, United States, within the Toledo Metropolitan Area. It lies at the intersection of Millersville Road and the Greensburg Pike. Muddy Creek, which flows into Sandusky Bay near the mouth of the...
  
  , in the northwest

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.