Jefferson 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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, 3,508 people lived in the township, including 2,573 in its unincorporated areas.

Geography

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

• 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:...
  
  : north
• 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:...
  
  : east
• Greenfield Township, Gallia County
  Greenfield Township, Gallia County, Ohio
  Greenfield Township is one of the fifteen townships of Gallia County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 498 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the far western part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
  : southeast
• Washington Township, Lawrence County
  Washington Township, Lawrence County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the fourteen townships of Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 250 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the far northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
  : south
• Bloom Township, Scioto County
  Bloom Township, Scioto County, Ohio
  Bloom Township is one of the sixteen townships of Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,218 people in the township, 2,454 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
  : southwest
• Hamilton Township
  Hamilton Township, Jackson County, Ohio
  Hamilton Township is one of the twelve townships of Jackson County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 513 people lived in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
  : west
• Scioto Township
  Scioto Township, Jackson County, Ohio
  Scioto Township is one of the twelve townships of Jackson County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 1,788 people lived in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
  : northwest corner

Part of the village of Oak Hill

Oak Hill, Ohio

Oak Hill is a village in Jackson County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,685 at the 2000 census.- History :Oak Hill was also a stop on Morgan's Raid, led by Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan during the American Civil War. Oak Hill was settled by Welshimmigrants that were...

 is located in eastern Jefferson Township.

Name and history

It is one of twenty-four Jefferson Townships statewide

Jefferson Township, Ohio

Jefferson Township, Ohio may refer to:*Jefferson Township, Adams County, Ohio*Jefferson Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio*Jefferson Township, Brown County, Ohio*Jefferson Township, Clinton County, Ohio*Jefferson Township, Coshocton County, Ohio...

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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.