Jefferson Township is one of the eighteen townships

Civil township

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 of Richland County

Richland County, Ohio

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, Ohio

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, United States

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. It is a part of the Mansfield

Mansfield, Ohio

Mansfield is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Richland County. The municipality is located in north-central Ohio in the western foothills of the Allegheny Plateau, approximately southwest of Cleveland and northeast of Columbus....

 Metropolitan Statistical Area. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 4,531 people in the township, 2,773 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Washington Township
  Washington Township, Richland County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
   - north
• Monroe Township
  Monroe Township, Richland County, Ohio
  Monroe Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
   - northeast corner
• Worthington Township
  Worthington Township, Richland County, Ohio
  Worthington Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
   - east
• Pike Township, Knox County
  Pike Township, Knox County, Ohio
  Pike Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,298 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Berlin Township, Knox County
  Berlin Township, Knox County, Ohio
  Berlin Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,789 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Middlebury Township, Knox County
  Middlebury Township, Knox County, Ohio
  Middlebury Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,138 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest
• Perry Township
  Perry Township, Richland County, Ohio
  Perry Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
   - west
• Troy Township
  Troy Township, Richland County, Ohio
  Troy Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
   - northwest corner

Part of the village of Bellville

Bellville, Ohio

Bellville is a village in Richland County in the U.S. state of Ohio. It is part of the Mansfield, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,773 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...

 is located in northern 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.