Jackson Township, Hardin County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Jackson Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Jackson Township, Hardin County, Ohio


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

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area_total_km2 = 65.6
area_land_km2 = 65.6
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 25.3
area_land_sq_mi = 25.3
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 2139
population_density_km2 = 32.6
population_density_sq_mi = 84.5

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 284
elevation_ft = 932
latd = 40 |latm = 47 |lats = 40 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 31 |longs = 40 |longEW = W

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Jackson Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,139 people in the township, 513 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39065 Hardin County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 16 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the northerneastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Delaware Township, Hancock County - north
*Richland Township, Wyandot County - northeast
*Jackson Township, Wyandot County - east
*Goshen Township - southeast
*Pleasant Township - southwest
*Blanchard Township - west

Two villages are located in Jackson Township: Forest in the northeast, and Patterson in the center.

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 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.

References

External links

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