Jefferson Township, Montgomery County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Jefferson Township, Montgomery County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Jefferson Township in Montgomery County


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Montgomery

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area_total_km2 = 66.0
area_land_km2 = 66.0
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 25.5
area_land_sq_mi = 25.5
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 6787
population_density_km2 = 102.8
population_density_sq_mi = 266.2

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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elevation_m = 281
elevation_ft = 922
latd = 39 |latm = 43 |lats = 25 |latNS = N
longd = 84 |longm = 17 |longs = 59 |longEW = W

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Jefferson Township is one of the nine townships of Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,787 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39113 Montgomery County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships and cities:
*Trotwood - north
*Dayton - northeast
*Moraine - east
*Miami Township - southeast
*German Township - southwest
*Jackson Township - west
*Perry Township - northwest corner

Parts of several cities are located in what was originally part of Jefferson Township:
*Dayton, the county seat of Montgomery County, in the northeast
*Moraine, in the east
*West Carrollton, in the southeastThe census-designated place of Drexel is located in the township's northeast.

Name and history

It is one of twenty-four Jefferson Townships statewide.

Jefferson Township was created from German Township on 10 June 1805. ["History of Montgomery County". N.p.: Beers, 1882, pp. 307-308.]

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 clerk, 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 clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References

External links

* [http://www.co.montgomery.oh.us County website] http://www.heritagepursuit.com/Montgomery/MontgomeryIndex.htm