Jackson Township, Champaign County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Jackson Township, Champaign County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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image_caption = Countryside in southeastern Jackson Township


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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Champaign County

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map_caption1 = Location of Champaign County in Ohio

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

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area_total_km2 = 96.8
area_land_km2 = 96.8
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 37.4
area_land_sq_mi = 37.4
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 2535
population_density_km2 = 26.2
population_density_sq_mi = 67.8

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 363
elevation_ft = 1191
latd = 40 |latm = 4 |lats = 36 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 58 |longs = 43 |longEW = W

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Jackson Township is one of the twelve townships of Champaign County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,535 people in the township, 1,763 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39021 Champaign County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 12 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Johnson Township - north
*Mad River Township - east
*German Township, Clark County - southeast corner
*Pike Township, Clark County - south
*Elizabeth Township, Miami County - southwest corner
*Lost Creek Township, Miami County - west
*Brown Township, Miami County - northwest

Two villages are located in Jackson Township: Christiansburg in the southwest, and part of St. Paris in the north. The unincorporated community of Thackery lies in the township's southeast.

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.co.champaign.oh.us County website]
* [http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/geosurvey/pdf/cotwpmap.pdf County & Township Map of Ohio] (PDF object)