Jefferson Township is one of the twenty-two townships

Civil township

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 of Knox County

Knox County, Ohio

Knox County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of 2010, the population was 60,921. Its county seat is Mount Vernon and is named for Henry Knox, an officer in the American Revolutionary War who was later the first Secretary of War....

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Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 604 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Knox Township, Holmes County
  Knox Township, Holmes County, Ohio
  Knox Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,095 people in the township, 1,060 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Richland Township, Holmes County
  Richland Township, Holmes County, Ohio
  Richland Township is one of the fourteen townships of Holmes County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,165 people in the township, 882 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Union Township
  Union Township, Knox County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,455 people in the township, 1,208 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Brown Township
  Brown Township, Knox County, Ohio
  Brown Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,425 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Hanover Township, Ashland County
  Hanover Township, Ashland County, Ohio
  Hanover Township is one of the fifteen townships of Ashland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,520 people in the township, 1,081 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

No municipalities are located in Jefferson Township.

Name and history

It is one of twenty-four Jefferson Townships statewide

Jefferson Township, Ohio

Jefferson Township, Ohio may refer to:*Jefferson Township, Adams County, Ohio*Jefferson Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio*Jefferson Township, Brown County, Ohio*Jefferson Township, Clinton County, Ohio*Jefferson Township, Coshocton County, Ohio...

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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.