Jefferson Township is one of the fifteen townships

Civil township

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 of Noble County

Noble County, Ohio

Noble County is a county located in the state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 14,645. Its county seat is Caldwell. Noble County is named for Rep. Warren P. Noble of the Ohio House of Representatives, who was an early settler there.-History:...

, Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 284 people in the township, 183 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• 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:...
  
   - north
• Stock Township
  Stock Township, Noble County, Ohio
  Stock Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 383 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Marion Township - north...
  
   - northeast
• Elk Township
  Elk Township, Noble County, Ohio
  Elk Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 305 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - 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:...
  
   - south
• Aurelius Township, Washington Township
  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:...
  
   - southwest
• Jackson Township
  Jackson Township, Noble County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 536 people in the township, 496 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• 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:...
  
   - northwest corner

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 western 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.