Country United States County Hardin FIPS code 39-37814 Elevation 284 m Local time Friday 10:52 PM | State Ohio Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) GNIS feature ID 1086262 Area 65.5 km² Population 2,139 (2000) | |
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Jackson Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,139 people in the township, 513 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
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Map of Jackson Township, OH 45843, USA
Geography
Located in the northerneastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
Two villages are located in Jackson Township: Forest in the northeast, and Patterson in the center.
Name and history
Jackson Township was organized in 1836, and named for Andrew Jackson (1767–1845), the seventh President of the United States (1829–1837). It is one of thirty-seven Jackson Townships statewide.
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.