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Jackson Township, Paulding County, Ohio

Township in Ohio, US

Summary

Township in Ohio, US

Field	Value
official_name	Jackson Township, Paulding County, Ohio
settlement_type	Township
image_skyline	School in Jackson Township near Paulding.jpg
imagesize	250px
image_caption	Abandoned school in the township's northwest
image_map	Jackson Paulding.PNG
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location of Jackson Township in Paulding County
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Ohio
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Paulding
unit_pref	Imperial
area_total_km2	95.4
area_land_km2	95.2
area_water_km2	0.1
area_total_sq_mi	36.8
area_land_sq_mi	36.8
area_water_sq_mi	0.1
population_as_of	2020
population_footnotes
population_total	1773
population_density_km2	18.6
population_density_sq_mi	48.2
timezone	Eastern (EST)
utc_offset	-5
timezone_DST	EDT
utc_offset_DST	-4
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m	220
elevation_ft	722
coordinates
blank_name	FIPS code
blank_info	39-37954
blank1_name	GNIS feature ID
blank1_info	1086774

Jackson Township is one of the twelve townships of Paulding County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,773 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:

Emerald Township - north
Auglaize Township - northeast
Brown Township - east
Washington Township - southeast corner
Latty Township - south
Blue Creek Township - southwest corner
Paulding Township - west
Crane Township - northwest corner

Two villages are located in Jackson Township: a slight portion of Paulding, the county seat and largest village of Paulding County, in the northwest; and Broughton in the southwest.

It is one of two county townships (the other being Paulding Township) without a border on any other county.

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 fiscal officer, 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

"Jackson township, Paulding County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau.
(2007-10-25). "US Board on Geographic Names". [[United States Geological Survey]].
"U.S. Census website". [[United States Census Bureau]].
(2000). "Detailed map of Ohio". [[United States Census Bureau]].
[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.

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