Jefferson Township (Clinton County, Ohio)

Clinton County

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Jefferson Township is one of 13 townships of Clinton County in the U.S. state of Ohio. According to the census in 2000 1301 inhabitants were registered here.

Geography

Jefferson Township is located in the southwest of Clinton County in the mid- southwestern Ohio and borders clockwise to the townships: Washington Township, Clark Township, Dodson Township, Highland County, Perry Township, Brown County and Marion Township.

History

The Township was formed in 1839 from parts of Clark and Marion townships. It was named after Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States.

Management

The township is administered by a Board of Trustees consisting of three elected members. Two persons are elected in the year after the presidential election and one each in the previous year. The term of office lasts four years, beginning on 1 January. There is also a Township Clerk ( responsible for finance and budget), which is also elected in the year before the presidential election to a four -year term. Whose term of office begins on April 1.