Jackson Township is one of the fourteen townships of Union County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 954 people in the township.
Jackson Township, Union County, Ohio | |
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 Methodist church at Essex | |
 Location of Jackson Township in Union County | |
| Coordinates: 40°29′16″N 83°20′7″W / 40.48778°N 83.33528°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Union |
| Area | |
• Total | 28.0 sq mi (72.6 km2) |
| • Land | 28.0 sq mi (72.6 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 961 ft (293 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 954 |
| • Density | 34.0/sq mi (13.1/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| FIPS code | 39-38108[3] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1087077[1] |
Geography
editLocated in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
- Bowling Green Township, Marion County - north
- Green Camp Township, Marion County - northeast
- Prospect Township, Marion County - east
- Claibourne Township - south
- York Township - southwest
- Washington Township - west
No municipalities are located in Jackson Township.
Name and history
editJackson Township was organized in 1829.[4] It is one of thirty-seven Jackson Townships statewide.[5]
Government
editThe 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,[6] 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
edit- 1 2 "Township of Jackson". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved March 18, 2026.
- ↑ "Jackson township, Union County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
- ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ↑ Durant, Pliny A. (1883). The History of Union County, Ohio, containing a history of the county; its townships, towns ... Chicago: Beers, W. H., & co. p. 484.
- ↑ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved February 16, 2007.
- ↑ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.