Jackson Township is one of the fifteen townships

Civil township

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 of Ashland County

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, Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 3,554 people in the township, 3,197 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Homer Township, Medina County
  Homer Township, Medina County, Ohio
  Homer Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,461 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Spencer Township - north...
  
   - northeast
• Congress Township, Wayne County
  Congress Township, Wayne County, Ohio
  Congress Township is one of the sixteen townships of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,435 people in the township, 2,681 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Chester Township, Wayne County
  Chester Township, Wayne County, Ohio
  Chester Township is one of the sixteen townships of Wayne County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,845 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Congress Township - north...
  
   - southeast corner
• Perry Township
  Perry Township, Ashland County, Ohio
  Perry Township is one of the fifteen townships of Ashland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,927 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Jackson Township - north...
  
   - south
• Montgomery Township
  Montgomery Township, Ashland County, Ohio
  Montgomery Township is one of the fifteen townships of Ashland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,412 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Orange Township - north...
  
   - southwest
• Orange Township
  Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio
  Orange Township is one of the fifteen townships of Ashland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,276 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the north central part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Troy Township - north...
  
   - west
• Sullivan Township
  Sullivan Township, Ashland County, Ohio
  Sullivan Township is one of the fifteen townships of Ashland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,076 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest

The village of Polk

Polk, Ohio

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 is located in western Jackson Township.

Name and history

It is one of thirty-seven Jackson 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.