Jefferson Township, Madison County, Ohio

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


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

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area_total_km2 = 109.1
area_land_km2 = 109.1
area_water_km2 = 0.1
area_total_sq_mi = 42.1
area_land_sq_mi = 42.1
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 6935
population_density_km2 = 63.6
population_density_sq_mi = 164.7

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 280
elevation_ft = 919
latd = 39 |latm = 56 |lats = 50 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 16 |longs = 51 |longEW = W

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Jefferson Township is one of the fourteen townships of Madison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,935 people in the township, 2,604 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39097 Madison County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Canaan Township - north
*Brown Township, Franklin County - northeast
*Prairie Township, Franklin County - east
*Pleasant Township, Franklin County - northwest
*Fairfield Township - south
*Union Township - southwest corner
*Deer Creek Township - west
*Monroe Township - northwest

The village of West Jefferson is located in central Jefferson Township.

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.co.madison.oh.us County website]