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Jefferson Township, Fayette County, Ohio

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Fayette

FIPS code
  
39-38598

Elevation
  
320 m

Population
  
2,636 (2010)

State
  
Ohio

Time zone
  
Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)

GNIS feature ID
  
1086089

Local time
  
Friday 2:13 PM

Jefferson Township, Fayette County, Ohio

Weather
  
2°C, Wind NW at 29 km/h, 48% Humidity

Area
  
158.2 km² (158 km² Land / 21 ha Water)

Jefferson Township is one of the ten townships of Fayette County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 2,636, of whom 1,419 lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Contents

Map of Jefferson Township, OH, USA

Geography

Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

  • Stokes Township, Madison County - north
  • Paint Township - east
  • Union Township - southeast
  • Jasper Township - south
  • Silvercreek Township, Greene County - southwest
  • Ross Township, Greene County - northwest
  • Two villages are located in Jefferson Township: Jeffersonville, the second largest municipality in Fayette County, in the center, and part of Octa in the southwest.

    Name and history

    It is one of twenty-four Jefferson 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.

    References

    Jefferson Township, Fayette County, Ohio Wikipedia