Jefferson Township is one of the nine townships

Civil township

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 of Montgomery County

Montgomery County, Ohio

Montgomery County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. The population was 535,153 in the 2010 Census. It was named in honor of Richard Montgomery, an American Revolutionary War general killed in 1775 while attempting to capture Quebec City, Canada. The county seat is Dayton...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. As of the 2010 census the population was 6,972.

Geography

Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships and cities:

• Trotwood
  Trotwood, Ohio
  Trotwood is a city in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. The population was 27,431 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city is served by the Trotwood-Madison City School District...
  
   - north
• Dayton
  Dayton, Ohio
  Dayton is the 6th largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County, the fifth most populous county in the state. The population was 141,527 at the 2010 census. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 841,502 in the 2010 census...
  
   - northeast
• Moraine
  Moraine, Ohio
  Moraine is a city in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. The population was 6,307 at the 2010 census. The city is part of the The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Montgomery county. Moraine, as part of the Dayton area, is situated within the Miami Valley region of Ohio, just...
  
   - east
• Miami Township
  Miami Township, Montgomery County, Ohio
  Miami Township is one of the nine townships of Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 50,735.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships and cities:*Moraine - north...
  
   - southeast
• German Township
  German Township, Montgomery County, Ohio
  German Township is one of the nine townships of Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 8,429.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:*Jackson Township - north...
  
   - southwest
• Jackson Township
  Jackson Township, Montgomery County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the nine townships of Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 6,335.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Perry Township - north...
  
   - west
• Perry Township
  Perry Township, Montgomery County, Ohio
  Perry Township is one of the nine townships of Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 5,999.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Clay Township - north...
  
   - northwest corner

Parts of several cities are located in what was originally part of Jefferson Township:

• Dayton, the county seat
  County seat
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   of Montgomery County, in the northeast
• Moraine, in the east
• West Carrollton
  West Carrollton, Ohio
  West Carrollton is a city in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. The population was 13,143 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area....
  
  , in the southeast

The census-designated place

Census-designated place

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 of Drexel

Drexel, Ohio

Drexel is a census-designated place in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,076 at the 2010 census, an increase from 2,057 in 2000.Drexel is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

 is located in the township's northeast.

Name and history

It is one of twenty-four Jefferson Townships statewide

Jefferson Township, Ohio

Jefferson Township, Ohio may refer to:*Jefferson Township, Adams County, Ohio*Jefferson Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio*Jefferson Township, Brown County, Ohio*Jefferson Township, Clinton County, Ohio*Jefferson Township, Coshocton County, Ohio...

.

Jefferson Township was created from German Township on 10 June 1805.

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.

External links

• Montgomery County website