Country United States County Paulding FIPS code 39-37954 Elevation 220 m Population 1,886 (2000) | State Ohio Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) GNIS feature ID 1086774 Local time Friday 10:58 PM | |
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Weather 2°C, Wind S at 8 km/h, 94% Humidity Area 95.31 km² (95.31 km² Land / 26 ha Water) | ||
Jackson Township is one of the twelve townships of Paulding County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,886 people in the township, 847 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
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Map of Jackson Township, OH, USA
Geography
Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:
Two villages are located in Jackson Township: a slight portion of Paulding, the county seat and largest village of Paulding County, in the northwest; and Broughton in the southwest.
It is one of two county townships (the other being Paulding Township) without a border on any other county.
Name and history
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.