Jackson Township, Clermont County, Ohio
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Jackson Township is one of the fourteen townships
Civil township
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 of Clermont County
Clermont County, Ohio
Clermont County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States, just east of Cincinnati. As of 2010, the population was 197,363. Its county seat is Batavia...

, Ohio
Ohio
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, United States
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. The 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
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 found 2576 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
  • Wayne Township
    Wayne Township, Clermont County, Ohio
    Wayne Township is one of the fourteen townships of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,025 people in the township, 4,533 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

     - north
  • Perry Township, Brown County
    Perry Township, Brown County, Ohio
    Perry Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,830 people in the township, 4,367 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

     - northeast
  • Sterling Township, Brown County
    Sterling Township, Brown County, Ohio
    Sterling Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,753 people in the township, 3,604 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

     - southeast
  • Williamsburg Township
    Williamsburg Township, Clermont County, Ohio
    Williamsburg Township is one of the fourteen townships of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,005 people in the township, 2,647 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

     - south
  • Batavia Township
    Batavia Township, Clermont County, Ohio
    Batavia Township is one of the fourteen townships of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 17,503 people in the township, 15,039 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

     - southwest
  • Stonelick Township
    Stonelick Township, Clermont County, Ohio
    Stonelick Township is one of the fourteen townships of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,816 people in the township, 5,000 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

     - west


No municipalities are located in Jackson Township, although the unincorporated community
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 of Marathon
Marathon, Ohio
Marathon is an unincorporated community in eastern Jackson Township, Clermont County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 45145. It lies along U.S. Route 50.-References:...

 lies in the township's east.

There is also the unincorporated village of Laredo, formerly known as Brownsville and/or Logtown.

Lerado, first known as Brownsville and/or Logtown, was laid out by Bernard Conn in April, 1834. It is said that the village received its present name from a female resident who either liked Texas or had lived in Laredo, Texas. The name of this unincorporated area remains misspelled to this day. Lerado is in Jackson Township, less than a mile from the Brown/Clermont County Line on S.R. 131.

Brownsville, today known as Laredo, was laid out in April of 1834 by Bernard Conn on the “Newtonsville and Brownsville free turnpike”, now called State Route 131. At one time this village had a hotel, a general store, two blacksmith shops and a turning lath shop. A post office was established there in 1876. It was thought, at one time, that Brownsville would become a sizable town with considerable population and many businesses.

Name and history

It is one of thirty-seven Jackson Townships statewide.

There is also a unincorporated community inside Jackson township named Lerado, first known as Brownsville and/or Logtown, it was laid out by Bernard Conn in April, 1834. It is said that the village received its present name from a female resident who either liked Texas or had lived in Laredo, Texas. The name of this unincorporated area remains misspelled to this day. Lerado is in Jackson Township, less than a mile from the Brown/Clermont County Line on S.R. 131.

Brownsville, today known as Laredo, was laid out in April of 1834 by Bernard Conn on the “Newtonsville and Brownsville free turnpike”, now called State Route 131. At one time this village had a hotel, a general store, two blacksmith shops and a turning lath shop. A post office was established there in 1876. It was thought, at one time, that Brownsville would become a sizeable town with considerable population and many businesses.

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.
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