Country United States County Jefferson FIPS code 39-40866 Elevation 291 m Local time Thursday 8:23 AM | State Ohio Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) GNIS feature ID 1086379 Population 5,011 (2000) | |
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Weather -5°C, Wind W at 14 km/h, 78% Humidity Area 76.92 km² (76.15 km² Land / 78 ha Water) | ||
Knox Township is one of the fourteen townships of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,011 people in the township, 2,179 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
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Map of Knox Township, OH, USA
Geography
Located in the northeastern part of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships:
Hancock County, West Virginia lies across the Ohio River to the east.
Three incorporated municipalities are located along the Ohio River in eastern Knox Township:
As well, the unincorporated community of New Somerset lies in the northern part of the township.
Name and history
Knox Township is named for Henry Knox, first U.S. Secretary of War.
It is one of five Knox 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.