Jefferson Township, Richland County, Ohio

Jefferson Township is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area. The 2000 census found 4,531 people in the township, 2,773 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography
Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
 * Washington Township - north
 * Monroe Township - northeast corner
 * Worthington Township - east
 * Pike Township, Knox County - southeast corner
 * Berlin Township, Knox County - south
 * Middlebury Township, Knox County - southwest
 * Perry Township - west
 * Troy Township - northwest corner

Part of the village of Bellville is located in northern Jefferson Township.

Name and history
It is one of twenty-four Jefferson Townships statewide.

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.