• Source: Jefferson Township, Madison County, Ohio

      • Jefferson Township is one of the fourteen townships of Madison County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 7,212 people in the township.


      Geography


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

      Canaan Township - north
      Brown Township, Franklin County - northeast
      Prairie Township, Franklin County - east
      Pleasant Township, Franklin County - northwest
      Fairfield Township - south
      Union Township - southwest corner
      Deer Creek Township - west
      Monroe Township - northwest
      The village of West Jefferson is located in central Jefferson Township.


      Name and history


      It is one of twenty-four Jefferson 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.


      References




      External links


      County website

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