Jackson Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Perry County

Perry County, Ohio

Perry County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. Founded on March 1, 1818, it was the 55th county to be formed in Ohio. Portions of Fairfield, Washington and Muskingum Counties were taken to create Perry County. As of the 2010 census, the population was 36,058. Its county seat...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 2,791 people in the township, 1,973 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Reading Township
  Reading Township, Perry County, Ohio
  Reading Township is one of the fourteen townships of Perry County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,956 people in the township, 2,407 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Clayton Township
  Clayton Township, Perry County, Ohio
  Clayton Township is one of the fourteen townships of Perry County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,432 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the north central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Pike Township
  Pike Township, Perry County, Ohio
  Pike Township is one of the fourteen townships of Perry County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,595 people in the township, 1,906 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Salt Lick Township
  Salt Lick Township, Perry County, Ohio
  Salt Lick Township is one of the fourteen townships of Perry County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,200 people in the township, 450 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Monday Creek Township
  Monday Creek Township, Perry County, Ohio
  Monday Creek Township is one of the fourteen townships of Perry County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 671 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Marion Township, Hocking County
  Marion Township, Hocking County, Ohio
  Marion Township is one of the eleven townships of Hocking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,411 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Rush Creek Township, Fairfield County
  Rush Creek Township, Fairfield County, Ohio
  Rush Creek Township is one of the thirteen townships of Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,549 people in the township, 2,284 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west

The village of Junction City

Junction City, Ohio

Junction City is a village in Perry County, Ohio, United States. The population was 818 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Junction City is located at ....

 is located in northern 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.