Jackson Township, Muskingum County, Ohio

Jackson Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 2,425 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

Pike Township, Coshocton County - north
Washington Township, Coshocton County - northeast corner
Cass Township - east
Licking Township - south
Hanover Township, Licking County - southwest corner
Perry Township, Licking County - west

The village of Frazeysburg is located in central Jackson Township.

Name and history

Established in 1815, Jackson Township most likely was named after General Andrew Jackson, afterward President of the United States. It is one of thirty-seven Jackson Townships statewide.
By the 1830s, Jackson Township had two gristmills and three saw mills.

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.