JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP, FAYETTE COUNTY, OHIO

'Jefferson Township' is one of the ten townships of Fayette County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,766 people in the township, 1,465 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.^[1]

Contents

Geography

Name and history

Government

References

External links

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 clerk, 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 clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References

1. Fayette County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.

External links

★ County website