Jackson Township is one of the fourteen
townships of
Pike County,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2020 census found 1,170 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Jefferson Township, Ross County - north
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Jackson Township, Jackson County - northeast
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Liberty Township, Jackson County - southeast
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Beaver Township - south
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Seal Township - southwest
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Pee Pee Township - west
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Franklin Township, Ross County - northwest
No municipalities are located in Jackson Township.
Name and history
It is one of thirty-seven
Jackson Townships statewide.
Race relations
The eastern part of Jackson Township is unique among American communities due to a large number of
white
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passing mixed-race
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races and the term multi-ethnic people refers to people who are of more than one ethnicities. A variety of terms have been used both historically and presently for mul ...
individuals who choose to identify as
African American
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.
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
Pike County visitors bureau websiteTownship history
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Townships in Pike County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio
Multiracial affairs in the United States