Jefferson Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Jefferson Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Ashtabula County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 67.0
area_land_km2 = 66.8
area_water_km2 = 0.3
area_total_sq_mi = 25.9
area_land_sq_mi = 25.8
area_water_sq_mi = 0.1

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 5559
population_density_km2 = 83.3
population_density_sq_mi = 215.6

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 276
elevation_ft = 906
latd = 41 |latm = 44 |lats = 41 |latNS = N
longd = 80 |longm = 45 |longs = 46 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 44047
area_code = 440
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blank_info = 39-38514GR|2
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Jefferson Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,559 people in the township, 1,987 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39007 Ashtabula County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Plymouth Township - north
*Sheffield Township - northeast corner
*Denmark Township - east
*Dorset Township - southeast corner
*Lenox Township - south
*Morgan Township - southwest corner
*Austinburg Township - west
*Saybrook Township - northwest corner

The village of Jefferson, the county seat of Ashtabula County, is located in central Jefferson Township.

Name and history

It is one of twenty-four Jefferson Townships statewide.

The township was first settled in 1805 by former Connecticut resident Michael Webster. [ [http://www2.ashtabula.com/detail.asp?id=2183 Ashtabula County, Ohio] Ashtabula County, 2007. Accessed 2007-05-28.]

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. Currently, the board is composed of chairwoman Charlene Kusar and members Martha Demshar and John Wayman. [ [http://www2.ashtabula.com/detail.asp?id=2183 Ashtabula County, Ohio] Ashtabula County, 2007. Accessed 2007-05-28.]

References

External links

* [http://www.co.ashtabula.oh.us County website]