Jackson Township is one of the fourteen
townships
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of
Clermont County,
Ohio
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, United States. The population was 3,089 at the
2020 census.
Geography
Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Wayne Township - north
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Perry Township, Brown County - northeast
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Sterling Township, Brown County - southeast
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Williamsburg Township - south
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Batavia Township - southwest
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Stonelick Township - west
No municipalities are located in Jackson Township. The
unincorporated community
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of
Marathon
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lies in the township's east.
Name and history
It is one of thirty-seven
Jackson Townships statewide.
The small community of Lerado was laid out by Bernard Conn in April 1834 as "Brownsville" on the "Newtonsville and Brownsville free turnpike", now
State Route 131. At one time the village had a hotel, a general store, two blacksmith shops and a turning lathe shop. A post office was established there in 1876. It was thought, at one time, that Brownsville would become a sizable town with considerable population and many businesses.
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
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Townships in Clermont County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio