Jefferson Township, Knox County, Ohio
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|area_total_km2 = 85.1
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|population_as_of = 2020
|population_total = 768
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|timezone = Eastern (EST)
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Jefferson Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 768 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
- Knox Township, Holmes County - northeast
- Richland Township, Holmes County - southeast
- Union Township - south
- Brown Township - west
- Hanover Township, Ashland County - northwest
No municipalities are located in Jefferson Township.
Name and history
Jefferson Township was organized in 1829.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/historyofknoxcou00nort_0 | title=A History of Knox County, Ohio, from 1779 to 1862 Inclusive: Comprising Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes and Incidents of Men Connected with the County from Its First Settlement | publisher=R. Nevins, printer | author=Norton, Anthony Banning | year=1862 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofknoxcou00nort_0/page/n334 313]}} It is named for Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_DBAtAAAAYAAJ_2 | title=History of Knox County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, Containing a Condensed, Comprehensive History of Ohio | publisher=A. A. Graham & Company | author=Graham, Albert Adams | year=1881 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_DBAtAAAAYAAJ_2/page/n526 493]}}
It is one of twenty-four Jefferson Townships statewide.{{Cite web| title = Detailed map of Ohio| work = | publisher = United States Census Bureau| year = 2000| url = http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/cousub_outline/cen2k_pgsz/oh_cosub.pdf| format = PDF| accessdate =2007-02-16}}
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 fiscal officer,[http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/503.24 §503.24], [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/505.01 §505.01], and [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/507.01 §507.01] of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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 fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.
References
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External links
- [http://www.co.knox.oh.us County website]
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Category:Townships in Knox County, Ohio
Category:1829 establishments in Ohio