Jackson Township, Stark County, Ohio

Jackson Township is one of the seventeen townships of Stark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 37,744 people in the township, 37,484 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.GeographyLocated in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships and cities: Green - northLake Township - northeast cornerPlain Township - eastCanton Township - southeast cornerPerry Township - southTuscarawas Township - southwest cornerLawrence Township - westNew Franklin - northwest corner Three municipalities are located in Jackson Township: a small part of the city of Massillon in the southwest, a very small portion of the city of North Canton in the northeast, and the village of Hills and Dales in the southeast. The unincorporated community of Marchand lies in the township's northeast.