Jefferson Township, Montgomery County, Ohio
township in Montgomery County, Ohio
Jefferson Township is one of the nine townships of Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 5,855.
Geography
Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships and cities:
Trotwood - north
Dayton, the seat of the county - northeast
Moraine - east
Miami Township - southeast
German Township - southwest
Jackson Township - west
Perry Township - northwest corner
Parts of several cities are located in Jefferson Township:
Moraine, in the east
West Carrollton, in the southeast
The census-designated place of Drexel is located in the township's northeast, and the unincorporated community of New Chicago is in the township's east.
Name and history
It is one of twenty-four Jefferson townships statewide.
Jefferson Township was created from German Township on 10 June 1805.
In 1833, Jefferson Township contained three gristmills, three saw mills, and eight distilleries.
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.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Jefferson Township, Montgomery County, Ohio” as township in Montgomery County, Ohio. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as township in Montgomery County, Ohio. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6175663. VIAF identifies the subject as 135049343. The Library of Congress control number is n98038715. Authority coordinates are 39.724, -84.300. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 1805 and 1833.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
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