Jackson Township is one of the fifteen townships

Civil township

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 of Putnam County

Putnam County, Ohio

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, Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 939 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Perry Township
  Perry Township, Putnam County, Ohio
  Perry Township is one of the fifteen townships of Putnam County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,206 people in the township, 737 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Greensburg Township
  Greensburg Township, Putnam County, Ohio
  Greensburg Township is one of the fifteen townships of Putnam County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,425 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Palmer Township - north...
  
   - northeast corner
• Union Township
  Union Township, Putnam County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the fifteen townships of Putnam County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,557 people in the township, 1,526 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Sugar Creek Township
  Sugar Creek Township, Putnam County, Ohio
  Sugar Creek Township is one of the fifteen townships of Putnam County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,156 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Union Township - north...
  
   - southeast corner
• Jennings Township
  Jennings Township, Putnam County, Ohio
  Jennings Township is one of the fifteen townships of Putnam County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,968 people in the township, 1,536 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Monterey Township
  Monterey Township, Putnam County, Ohio
  Monterey Township is one of the fifteen townships of Putnam County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,056 people in the township, 1,183 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Washington Township, Paulding County
  Washington Township, Paulding County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the twelve townships of Paulding County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 789 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest

No municipalities are located in Jackson Township.

Name and history

It is one of thirty-seven Jackson Townships statewide

Jackson Township, Ohio

Jackson Township, Ohio may refer to:*Jackson Township, Allen County, Ohio*Jackson Township, Ashland County, Ohio*Jackson Township, Auglaize County, Ohio*Jackson Township, Brown County, Ohio*Jackson Township, Champaign County, Ohio...

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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.