Jackson Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 1,031.
Name and history It is one of thirty-seven Jackson Townships statewide.
Jackson Township was organized in 1829 and named for Andrew Jackson, who had been elected President of the United States the previous year.
Geography Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:
Marion Township—north Amanda Township—east Delaware Township—southeast Madison Township—southwest Eagle Township—west Liberty Township—northwest corner
No municipalities are located in Jackson Township.
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,§503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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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