Jackson Township, Auglaize County, Ohio

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official_name = Jackson Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Jackson Township in Auglaize County


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Auglaize

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area_total_km2 = 52.8
area_land_km2 = 52.8
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 20.4
area_land_sq_mi = 20.4
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 3577
population_density_km2 = 67.8
population_density_sq_mi = 175.6

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 293
elevation_ft = 961
latd = 40 |latm = 23 |lats = 39 |latNS = N
longd = 84 |longm = 23 |longs = 10 |longEW = W

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Jackson Township is one of the fourteen townships of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,577 people in the township, 776 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39011 Auglaize County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the far southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*German Township - north
*Van Buren Township, Shelby County - northeast corner
*McLean Township, Shelby County - east and south
*Marion Township, Mercer County - west

The village of Minster is located in eastern Jackson Township, and a small portion of the village of New Bremen lies in its far northeast corner.

Jackson Township contains slightly more than nineteen square miles. [ [http://www.auglaizecounty.org/Engineer/County%20map.htm Auglaize County, Ohio 2006 Highway Map] Auglaize County Engineer's Office, 2006. Accessed 05 July 2007.] A tiny part of Lake Loramie is located in the township's southeast. [DeLorme. "Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer". 7th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 55. ISBN 0-89933-281-1.]

Name and history

It is one of thirty-seven Jackson Townships statewide.

Originally a part of German Township, the township was formed in 1858. [http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/FH9&CISOPTR=38590&REC=8 Auglaize County, Ohio Atlas and History, Piqua: Magee Brother Publishing , 1917. Accessed 05 July 2007. Page 103. ]

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 clerk, 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 clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

Public services

The majority of the township is in the Minster School District with western portions being located in the Marion Local School District.

The majority of the township is served by the Minster (45865) post office, with the southwestern section of the township served by the Fort Loramie (45845) post office.

References

External links

* [http://www.auglaizecounty.org County website]