Jackson Township is one of the twenty townships

Civil township

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 of Darke County

Darke County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 53,309 people, 20,419 households, and 14,905 families residing in the county. The population density was 89 people per square mile . There were 21,583 housing units at an average density of 36 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 3,057 people in the township, 1,290 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Mississinawa Township
  Mississinawa Township, Darke County, Ohio
  Mississinawa Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 779 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Allen Township
  Allen Township, Darke County, Ohio
  Allen Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,158 people in the township, 725 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Brown Township
  Brown Township, Darke County, Ohio
  Brown Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,046 people in the township, 901 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Greenville Township
  Greenville Township, Darke County, Ohio
  Greenville Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 18,125 people in the township, 4,831 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Washington Township
  Washington Township, Darke County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,382 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Jackson Township - north...
  
   - south
• Wayne Township, Randolph County, Indiana
  Wayne Township, Randolph County, Indiana
  Wayne Township is one of eleven townships in Randolph County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 4,703.-External links:* *...
  
   - southwest
• Jackson Township, Randolph County, Indiana
  Jackson Township, Randolph County, Indiana
  Jackson Township is one of eleven townships in Randolph County, Indiana, USA.-External links:* *...
  
   - northwest

The village of Union City

Union City, Ohio

Union City is a village in Darke County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,767 at the 2000 census.-History:Union City was platted in 1838 and incorporated on December 6, 1853...

 is located in western Jackson Township, along the Indiana border.

Name and history

It is one of thirty-seven Jackson Townships statewide.

Jackson Township was split from Washington Township

Washington Township, Darke County, Ohio

Washington Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,382 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Jackson Township - north...

 in 1833 but reduced by the creation of Gibson Township

Gibson Township, Mercer County, Ohio

Gibson Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mercer County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,869 people in the township, 997 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

 (now a part of Mercer County

Mercer County, Ohio

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) in 1836. Ten families who arrived in the area in 1829 were the first settlers within the modern boundaries of the township.

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. The current trustees are Richard Brooks, James Hanes, and Douglas Longfellow, and the clerk is Sandy Denniston.