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.GeographyLocated in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships: Washington Township - northMonroe Township - northeast cornerWorthington Township - eastPike Township, Knox County - southeast cornerBerlin Township, Knox County - southMiddlebury Township, Knox County - southwestPerry Township - westTroy Township - northwest corner Part of the village of Bellville is located in northern Jefferson Township.Name and historyIt is one of twenty-four Jefferson Townships statewide.