Jackson Township is one of the fifteen
townships of
Ashland County,
Ohio
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, United States. The population was 3,884 at the
2020 census.
Geography
Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Homer Township, Medina County - northeast
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Congress Township, Wayne County - east
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Chester Township, Wayne County - southeast corner
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Perry Township - south
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Montgomery Township - southwest
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Orange Township - west
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Sullivan Township - northwest
The village of
Polk is located in western Jackson Township, and the
census-designated place
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CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
of
Cinnamon Lake, built around a reservoir of the same name, lies in the township's north.
Name and history
Jackson Township was organized in 1819.
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,
§503.24§505.01
an
§507.01
of the Ohio Revised Code
The ''Ohio Revised Code'' (ORC) contains all current statutes of the Ohio General Assembly of a permanent and general nature, consolidated into provisions, titles, chapters and sections. However, the only official publication of the enactments o ...
. 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
External links
Township websiteCounty website
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Townships in Ashland County, Ohio
1819 establishments in Ohio
Populated places established in 1819
Townships in Ohio