Jefferson Township, Preble County, Ohio
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Jefferson Township is one of the twelve townships
Civil township
A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States, subordinate to, and geographic divisions of, a county. Specific responsibilities and the degree of autonomy vary based on each state. Civil townships are distinct from survey townships, but in states that have both,...

 of Preble County
Preble County, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 42,337 people, 16,001 households, and 12,144 families residing in the county. The population density was 100 people per square mile . There were 17,186 housing units at an average density of 40 per square mile...

, Ohio
Ohio
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, United States
United States
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. The 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

 found 3,449 people in the township, 1,826 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
  • Harrison Township, Darke County
    Harrison Township, Darke County, Ohio
    Harrison Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,145 people in the township, 1,300 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

     - north
  • Butler Township, Darke County
    Butler Township, Darke County, Ohio
    Butler Township is one of the twenty townships of Darke County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,616 people in the township, 1,301 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

     - northeast corner
  • Monroe Township
    Monroe Township, Preble County, Ohio
    Monroe Township is one of the twelve townships of Preble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,290 people in the township, 1,314 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

     - east
  • Washington Township
    Washington Township, Preble County, Ohio
    Washington Township is one of the twelve townships of Preble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,104 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the north central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

     - southeast corner
  • Jackson Township
    Jackson Township, Preble County, Ohio
    Jackson Township is one of the twelve townships of Preble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,223 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

     - south
  • Wayne Township, Wayne County, Indiana
    Wayne Township, Wayne County, Indiana
    Wayne Township is one of fifteen townships in Wayne County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 43,742.-Geography:Wayne Township covers an area of ; of this, or 0.76 percent is water...

     - west
  • Franklin Township, Wayne County, Indiana
    Franklin Township, Wayne County, Indiana
    Franklin Township is one of fifteen townships in Wayne County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,291.-Geography:Franklin Township covers an area of...

     - northwest


The village of New Paris
New Paris, Ohio
New Paris is a village in Preble County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,623 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area.- History :The area was in the tribal grounds of the Pottawatomi, Miami and Wyandot Indians....

 is located in western Jefferson Township.

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...

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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.
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