Jefferson Township, Logan County, Ohio

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official_name = Jefferson Township, Logan County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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image_caption = Aerial view of the wooded, hilly topography of Jefferson Township


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map_caption = Location of Jefferson Township in Ohio


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map_caption1 = Municipalities and townships of Logan County

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subdivision_name = United States
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subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Logan

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area_total_km2 = 97.1
area_land_km2 = 96.8
area_water_km2 = 0.3
area_total_sq_mi = 37.5
area_land_sq_mi = 37.4
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population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 2946
population_density_km2 = 30.4
population_density_sq_mi = 78.8

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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elevation_m = 365
elevation_ft = 1198
latd = 40 |latm = 21 |lats = 13 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 41 |longs = 28 |longEW = W

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area_code = 937
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Jefferson Township is one of the seventeen townships of Logan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,946 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39091 Logan County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 12 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Rushcreek Township - north
*Perry Township - east
*Zane Township - southeast corner
*Monroe Township - south
*Liberty Township - southwest
*Lake Township - west

Several municipalities are located in Jefferson Township:
*The village of Zanesfield, in the south center
*Part of the city of Bellefontaine, in the west
*Most of the village of Valley Hi, in the south

Compared with most of western Ohio, Jefferson Township is quite hilly. Campbell Hill, the highest point in Ohio, is located inside the Bellefontaine city limits in western Jefferson Township. On the other hand, the Marmon Valley, which extends through the southern part of the township, is a small pass through the Bellefontaine and Bristlecone Ridges. The same forces that shaped the township's terrain also created Zane Shawnee Caverns, a cave system in the northeastern part of the township.

As a result of its hilly topography, Jefferson Township contains the source of the Mad River, [DeLorme. "Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer". 7th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, p. 56. ISBN 0-89933-281-1.] and a ski resort — unusual for western Ohio — is located near Valley Hi in the southern part of the township.

Name and history

It is one of twenty-four Jefferson Townships statewide.

Jefferson Township was formed in 1813 from Zane Township. It was one of the earliest parts of Logan County to be settled.fact|date=July 2007

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.

In the elections of November 2007, Michael Kenoyer defeated two other candidates in the election for the position of township trustee. [Examiner Staff, The. "Township Trustees: Township trustee results", "Bellefontaine Examiner", 2007-11-07, p. 2.]

Transportation

U.S. Route 33 is the most important highway in Jefferson Township. Other significant highways include State Routes 47, 292, 533, and 540.

References

External links

* [http://www.co.logan.oh.us County website]
* [http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/geosurvey/pdf/cotwpmap.pdf County & Township Map of Ohio] (PDF object)
* [http://www.co.logan.oh.us/html/county_map_-_large.html Detailed Logan County map]