Country United States County Clermont FIPS code 39-37716 Elevation 277 m Population 2,980 (2010) | State Ohio Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) GNIS feature ID 1085864 Local time Friday 10:47 PM | |
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Weather 4°C, Wind S at 3 km/h, 97% Humidity Area 81.33 km² (80.81 km² Land / 52 ha Water) | ||
Jackson Township is one of the fourteen townships of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 2,980.
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Map of Jackson Township, OH, USA
Geography
Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
No municipalities are located in Jackson Township. The unincorporated community of Marathon 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, 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.