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 Franklin County, Ohio and 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, along with the village of Gillivan, Ohio.
Name and history It is one of twenty-four Jefferson Townships statewide. The township's first settler, Michael Johnson, settled there in either 1796 or 1797.
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,§503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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.
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External links County website