Jefferson Township is one of the twenty-seven
townships of
Ashtabula County,
Ohio
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, United States. The population was 5,317 at the
2020 census.
Geography
Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Plymouth Township - north
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Sheffield Township - northeast corner
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Denmark Township - east
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Dorset Township - southeast corner
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Lenox Township - south
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Morgan Township - southwest corner
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Austinburg Township - west
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Saybrook Township - northwest corner
The village of
Jefferson, the
county seat
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of Ashtabula County, is located in central Jefferson Township.
Name and history
It is one of twenty-four
Jefferson Townships statewide.
The township was first settled in 1805 by former
Connecticut
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resident Michael Webster.
[Ashtabula County, Ohio](_blank)
Ashtabula County, 2007. Accessed 2007-05-28.
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
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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. Currently, the board is composed of chairwoman Charlene Kusar and members Martha Demshar and John Wayman.
References
External links
Jefferson Area Chamber of CommerceCounty website
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Townships in Ashtabula County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio