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There is also an elected township fiscal officer, [5] 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.
Stark County's Jackson Township was named for Andrew Jackson, a major general in the War of 1812 and later the seventh President of the United States (1829–1837), who was at the height of his popularity in 1815 when the Township was formed. It is one of 37 Jackson townships statewide. [4]
At first, the area of Jackson Township was called West Austintown and was first organized in 1815. [4] It was later named Jackson Township after Andrew Jackson. [5] It is one of thirty-seven Jackson Townships statewide. [6] After the Treaty of Greenville in 1795, settlers began purchasing and settling the area.
Perry Township - north; Jefferson Township - east; German Township - south; Gratis Township, Preble County - southwest corner; Lanier Township, Preble County - west; Twin Township, Preble County - northwest corner; Two villages are located in Jackson Township: Farmersville in the south, and part of New Lebanon in the northeast.
It is one of thirty-seven Jackson Townships statewide. [4] Jackson Township was split from Washington Township in 1833 but reduced by the creation of Gibson Township (now a part of Mercer County) in 1836. Ten families who arrived in the area in 1829 were the first settlers within the modern boundaries of the township. [5]
Dinsmore Township - west; Pusheta Township, Auglaize County - northwest corner; The village of Jackson Center is located in central Jackson Township, and the unincorporated community of Montra lies in the township's southwest. Name and history. Jackson Township was established in 1833. It is one of thirty-seven Jackson Townships statewide.
It is one of thirty-seven Jackson Townships statewide. [4]The small community of Lerado was laid out by Bernard Conn in April 1834 as "Brownsville" on the "Newtonsville and Brownsville free turnpike", now State Route 131.
Pike Township, Clark County - south; Elizabeth Township, Miami County - southwest corner; Lostcreek Township, Miami County - west; Brown Township, Miami County - northwest; Two villages are located in Jackson Township: Christiansburg in the southwest, and part of St. Paris in the north. The unincorporated community of Thackery lies in the ...