Jefferson Township, Mercer County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Jefferson Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Mercer

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area_total_km2 = 107.2
area_land_km2 = 87.7
area_water_km2 = 19.6
area_total_sq_mi = 41.4
area_land_sq_mi = 33.8
area_water_sq_mi = 7.6

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 13231
population_density_km2 = 150.9
population_density_sq_mi = 390.9

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_m = 268
elevation_ft = 879
latd = 40 |latm = 32 |lats = 55 |latNS = N
longd = 84 |longm = 34 |longs = 12 |longEW = W

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Jefferson Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mercer County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 13,231 people in the township, 2,928 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39107 Mercer County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the east central part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Hopewell Township - north, west of Center Township
*Center Township - north, east of Hopewell Township
*Noble Township, Auglaize County - northeast
*Saint Marys Township, Auglaize County - southeast
*Franklin Township - south, east of Butler Township
*Butler Township - south, west of Franklin Township
*Washington Township - southwest
*Liberty Township - northwest

The city of Celina, the county seat of Mercer County, is located in central Jefferson Township, and Grand Lake St. Marys occupies the township's southeastern quarter.

Name and history

It is one of twenty-four Jefferson 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.mercercountyohio.org County website]