Jackson Township, Clermont County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Jackson Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Clermont County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 79.8
area_land_km2 = 79.2
area_water_km2 = 0.6
area_total_sq_mi = 30.8
area_land_sq_mi = 30.6
area_water_sq_mi = 0.2

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 2576
population_density_km2 = 32.5
population_density_sq_mi = 84.2

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 277
elevation_ft = 909
latd = 39 |latm = 7 |lats = 58 |latNS = N
longd = 84 |longm = 2 |longs = 24 |longEW = W

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Jackson Township is one of the fourteen townships of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2576 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39025 Clermont County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Wayne Township - north
*Perry Township, Brown County - northeast
*Sterling Township, Brown County - southeast
*Williamsburg Township - south
*Batavia Township - southwest
*Stonelick Township - west

No municipalities are located in Jackson Township, although the unincorporated community of Marathon lies in the township's east.

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.clermont.oh.us County website]