Knox Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Jefferson County

Jefferson County, Ohio

Jefferson County is a county located in the state of Ohio. As of 2010, the population was 69,709. Its county seat is Steubenville and is named for Thomas Jefferson, who was at the time Vice President....

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 5,011 people in the township, 2,179 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the northeastern part of the county along the Ohio River

Ohio River

The Ohio River is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River. At the confluence, the Ohio is even bigger than the Mississippi and, thus, is hydrologically the main stream of the whole river system, including the Allegheny River further upstream...

, it borders the following townships:

• Saline Township
  Saline Township, Jefferson County, Ohio
  Saline Township is one of the fourteen townships of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,454 people in the township, 1,011 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Island Creek Township
  Island Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio
  Island Creek Township is one of the fourteen townships of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 12,078 people in the township, 7,513 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Salem Township
  Salem Township, Jefferson County, Ohio
  Salem Township is one of the fourteen townships of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,162 people in the township, 2,691 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Ross Township
  Ross Township, Jefferson County, Ohio
  Ross Township is one of the fourteen townships of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 655 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west

Hancock County, West Virginia

Hancock County, West Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there were 32,667 people, 13,678 households, and 9,506 families residing in the county. The population density was 394 people per square mile . There were 14,728 housing units at an average density of 178 per square mile...

 lies across the Ohio River to the east.

Three incorporated municipalities are located along the Ohio River in eastern Knox Township:

• Part of the village of Stratton
  Stratton, Ohio
  Stratton is a village in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 277 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. A major local employer is the W. H...
  
  , upstream
• The village of Empire
  Empire, Ohio
  Empire is a village in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 300 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
  
  , in the middle
• Part of the city of Toronto
  Toronto, Ohio
  Toronto is the 2nd largest city in Jefferson County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 5,676 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area....
  
  , downstream

As well, the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 of New Somerset

New Somerset, Ohio

New Somerset is an unincorporated community in northern Knox Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. It lies along State Route 213 approximately 5 miles south of the unincorporated community of Hammondsville and 15 miles north of the city of Steubenville, the county seat of Jefferson...

lies in the northern part 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.