Jasper Township is one of the ten townships

Civil township

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 of Fayette County

Fayette County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 28,433 people, 11,054 households, and 7,837 families residing in the county. The population density was 70 people per square mile . There were 11,904 housing units at an average density of 29 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 857 people in the township, 665 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Jefferson Township
  Jefferson Township, Fayette County, Ohio
  Jefferson Township is one of the ten townships of Fayette County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,766 people in the township, 1,465 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Union Township
  Union Township, Fayette County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the ten townships of Fayette County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,808 people in the township.-Geography:Located at the center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Paint Township - north...
  
   - east
• Concord Township
  Concord Township, Fayette County, Ohio
  Concord Township is one of the ten townships of Fayette County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,068 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Jasper Township - north...
  
   - southeast
• Richland Township, Clinton County
  Richland Township, Clinton County, Ohio
  Richland Township is one of the thirteen townships of Clinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,758 people in the township, 978 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township; the population rose from 3,626 in 1990....
  
   - south
• Wilson Township, Clinton County
  Wilson Township, Clinton County, Ohio
  Wilson Township is one of the thirteen townships of Clinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 581 people in the township, up from 523 in 1990.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest
• Jefferson Township, Greene County
  Jefferson Township, Greene County, Ohio
  Jefferson Township is one of the twelve townships of Greene County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,109 people in the township, 819 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Silvercreek Township, Greene County
  Silvercreek Township, Greene County, Ohio
  Silvercreek Township is one of the twelve townships of Greene County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,688 people in the township, 1,771 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

Two villages are located in Jasper Township: Milledgeville

Milledgeville, Ohio

Milledgeville is a village in Fayette County, Ohio, United States. The population was 122 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Milledgeville is located at ....

, in the north, and part of Octa

Octa, Ohio

Octa is a village in Fayette County, Ohio, United States, along Rattlesnake Creek. The population was 83 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Octa is located at ....

, in the northwest.

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.