Jackson Township is one of the fifteen townships

Civil township

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 of Hardin County

Hardin County, Ohio

Hardin County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 32,058. Its county seat is Kenton and is named for John Hardin, an officer in the American Revolution.-Geography:According to the U.S...

, Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 2,139 people in the township, 513 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the northerneastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Delaware Township, Hancock County
  Delaware Township, Hancock County, Ohio
  Delaware Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,229 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Richland Township, Wyandot County
  Richland Township, Wyandot County, Ohio
  Richland Township is one of the thirteen townships of Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 952 people in the township, 543 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Jackson Township, Wyandot County
  Jackson Township, Wyandot County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the thirteen townships of Wyandot County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 643 people in the township, 511 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Goshen Township
  Goshen Township, Hardin County, Ohio
  Goshen Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 585 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast
• Pleasant Township
  Pleasant Township, Hardin County, Ohio
  Pleasant Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 8,608 people in the township, 1,662 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Blanchard Township
  Blanchard Township, Hardin County, Ohio
  Blanchard Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,640 people in the township, 688 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west

Two villages are located in Jackson Township: Forest

Forest, Ohio

Forest is a village in Hardin and Wyandot counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 1,488 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Forest is located at ....

 in the northeast, and Patterson

Patterson, Ohio

Patterson is a village in Hardin County, Ohio, United States. The population was 138 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Patterson is located at ....

 in the center.

Name and history

It is one of thirty-seven Jackson 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.