Jackson Township is one of the fourteen

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, United States. The 2010 census found 2,114 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Lordstown - north * Weathersfield Township, Trumbull County - northeast corner * Austintown Township - east * Canfield Township - southeast corner * Ellsworth Township - south * Berlin Township - southwest corner * Milton Township - west * Newton Township, Trumbull County - northwest corner No municipalities are located in Jackson Township, although the

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of North Jackson lies at the center of the township.

Name and history

At first, the area of Jackson Township was called West Austintown and was first organized in 1815. It was later named Jackson Township after

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. It is one of thirty-seven Jackson Townships statewide. After the Treaty of Greenville in 1795, settlers began purchasing and settling the area. In 1795, the first settlers in

were John Young and Colonel James Hillman, who built a log cabin on the east bank of the

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. The first settlers of the area that would become known as Jackson Township included Samuel Calhoun, Andrew Gault, William Orr, James Starnford, Samuel Riddle, and Joseph McInrue.

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
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. 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
{{authority control Townships in Mahoning County, Ohio Townships in Ohio