Country United States County Jefferson FIPS code 39-52990 Elevation 289 m Zip code 43939 Local time Monday 1:58 AM | State Ohio Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) GNIS feature ID 1086380 Area 49.5 km² Population 2,588 (2000) Area code 740 | |
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Weather 3°C, Wind SW at 2 km/h, 80% Humidity | ||
Mount Pleasant Township is one of the fourteen townships of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,588 people in the township, 1,503 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
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Map of Mt Pleasant Township, OH, USA
Geography
Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
Two villages are located in Mount Pleasant Township: Mount Pleasant in the center, and part of Dillonvale in the northeast.
Name and history
Mount Pleasant Township was founded in 1807. It was named from the village of Mount Pleasant contained within its borders.
It is the only Mount Pleasant Township 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.