Jerusalem Township is one of the eleven townships

Civil township

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 of Lucas County

Lucas County, Ohio

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, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

 found 3,181 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the far eastern part of the county along the shores of Lake Erie

Lake Erie

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, it borders the following townships and city:

• Put-in-Bay Township, Ottawa County
  Put-in-Bay Township, Ottawa County, Ohio
  Put-in-Bay Township is one of the twelve townships of Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 763 people in the township, 635 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Islands:...
  
   - east, across Lake Erie
• Carroll Township, Ottawa County
  Carroll Township, Ottawa County, Ohio
  Carroll Township is one of the twelve townships of Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,913 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county along Lake Erie, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast
• Benton Township, Ottawa County
  Benton Township, Ottawa County, Ohio
  Benton Township is one of the twelve townships of Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,621 people in the township, 2,232 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Allen Township, Ottawa County
  Allen Township, Ottawa County, Ohio
  Allen Township is one of the twelve townships of Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,591 people in the township, 3,297 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Oregon
  Oregon, Ohio
  Oregon is a city in Lucas County, Ohio, United States. It is a suburb of Toledo, located on Lake Erie, just east of the city. The population was 20,291 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Oregon is located at ....
  
   - west

No municipalities are located in Jerusalem Township, although part of the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 of Curtice

Curtice, Ohio

Curtice is a census-designated place in northern Allen Township, Ottawa County and southwestern Jerusalem Township, Lucas County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43412.-References:...

 lies in the township's southwest.

The fake town of Goblu

Goblu and Beatosu

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 was inserted into the 1978-79 Michigan

Michigan

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 state map in the township as a joke.

Jerusalem Township is also the home of Crane Creek State Park, the Cedar Point National Wildlife Refuge

Cedar Point National Wildlife Refuge

Cedar Point National Wildlife Refuge was donated to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in 1964 by the owners of the Cedar Point Shooting Club. Currently, the refuge consists of of marsh, divided into three pools...

, and the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge

Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge

The Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1961 to preserve habitat for migrating birds. Staff at the refuge also manage Cedar Point and West Sister Island refuges...

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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.