Jackson Township, Montgomery County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Jackson 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 = Montgomery

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area_total_km2 = 95.8
area_land_km2 = 95.4
area_water_km2 = 0.4
area_total_sq_mi = 37.0
area_land_sq_mi = 36.8
area_water_sq_mi = 0.2

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 6420
population_density_km2 = 67.3
population_density_sq_mi = 174.3

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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elevation_m = 281
elevation_ft = 922
latd = 39 |latm = 42 |lats = 24 |latNS = N
longd = 84 |longm = 24 |longs = 58 |longEW = W

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Jackson Township is one of the nine townships of Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,420 people in the township, 2,610 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39113 Montgomery County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Perry Township - north
*Jefferson Township - east
*German Township - south
*Gratis Township, Preble County - southwest corner
*Lanier Township, Preble County - west
*Twin Township, Preble County - northwest corner

Two villages are located in Jackson Township: Farmersville in the south, and part of New Lebanon in the northeast.

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.montgomery.oh.us County website]