WELLS TOWNSHIP, JEFFERSON COUNTY, OHIO

'Wells Township' is one of the fourteen townships of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,130 people in the township, 3,128 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.^[1]

Contents

Geography

Name and history

Government

References

External links

Geography

Located in the southeastern part of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships:

★ Cross Creek Township - north

★ Steubenville Township - northeast

★ Warren Township - south

★ Smithfield Township - west

★ Wayne Township - northwest
Brooke County, West Virginia lies across the Ohio River to the east.
Part of the village of New Alexandria is located in northern Wells Township. As well, two unincorporated communities lie in Wells Township: Brilliant in the east, and Weems in the northwest.

Name and history

It is the only Wells 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 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. Jefferson County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.

External links

★ County website