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词条 Jefferson Township, Jackson County, Ohio
释义

  1. Geography

  2. Name and history

  3. Government

  4. References

  5. External links

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|population_total = 3597
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|timezone = Eastern (EST)
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}}Jefferson Township is one of the twelve townships of Jackson County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, 3,597 people lived in the township, including 2,685 in its unincorporated areas.[3]

Geography

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

  • Franklin Township: north
  • Madison Township: east
  • Greenfield Township, Gallia County: southeast
  • Washington Township, Lawrence County: south
  • Bloom Township, Scioto County: southwest
  • Hamilton Township: west
  • Scioto Township: northwest corner

Part of the village of Oak Hill is located in eastern Jefferson Township.

Name and history

Jefferson Township was organized around 1818, and named for Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States.[4] It is one of twenty-four Jefferson Townships statewide.[5]

Jefferson Township has the twelfth largest population of people of Welsh descent in the United States, and sixth largest in Ohio.[6]

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,[7] 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.

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=2007-10-25}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://factfinder2.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=American FactFinder}}
3. ^{{cite web | url=https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml | title=American FactFinder | publisher=United States Census Bureau | accessdate=26 July 2018}}
4. ^{{cite book|last=Webster|first=Daniel Webster|title=A History of Jackson County, Ohio|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3CsVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA149|year=1900|page=149}}
5. ^{{Cite web| title = Detailed map of Ohio| work = | publisher = United States Census Bureau| year = 2000| url = http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/cousub_outline/cen2k_pgsz/oh_cosub.pdf| format = PDF| accessdate =2007-02-16}}
6. ^http://www.epodunk.com/ancestry/Welsh.html
7. ^§503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

External links

  • County website
{{Jackson County, Ohio}}

2 : Townships in Jackson County, Ohio|Townships in Ohio

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