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Jefferson Township, Madison County, Ohio

Township in Ohio, US

Field	Value
official_name	Jefferson Township, Madison County, Ohio
settlement_type	Township
image_skyline	Jefferson Kiousville Road farmhouse.jpg
imagesize	250px
image_caption	House and farm fields south of West Jefferson
image_map	Map of Madison County Ohio Highlighting Jefferson Township.png
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location of Jefferson Township in Madison County
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Ohio
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Madison
unit_pref	Imperial
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	2020
population_footnotes
population_total	7212
population_density_km2	auto
population_density_sq_mi	auto
timezone	Eastern (EST)
utc_offset	-5
timezone_DST	EDT
utc_offset_DST	-4
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m	280
elevation_ft	919
coordinates
blank_name	FIPS code
blank_info	39-38696
blank1_name	GNIS feature ID
blank1_info	1086544

Jefferson Township is one of the fourteen townships of Madison County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 7,212 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders Franklin County, Ohio and 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, along with the village of Gillivan, Ohio.

Name and history

It is one of twenty-four Jefferson Townships statewide. The township's first settler, Michael Johnson, settled there in either 1796 or 1797.

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

"Jefferson township, Madison 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]].
Bryan, Chester Edwin. (1915). "History of Madison County, Ohio: Its People, Industries and Institutions, with Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families". Windmill Publications.
[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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