Mount Pleasant Township, Jefferson County, Ohio

Mount Pleasant Township is one of the fourteen townships of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census found 2,368 people in the township, 1,374 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[3]

Mount Pleasant Township, Jefferson County, Ohio
Township
Black Sheep Vineyard at the corner of Routes 150 and 250
Location of Mount Pleasant Township in Jefferson County
Coordinates: 40°11′16″N 80°47′32″W
CountryUnited States
StateOhio
CountyJefferson
Area
 • Total19.1 sq mi (49.5 km2)
 • Land19.1 sq mi (49.5 km2)
 • Water0.0 sq mi (0.1 km2)
Elevation948 ft (289 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total2,368
 • Density124.0/sq mi (47.8/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
43939
Area code(s)740
FIPS code39-52990[2]
GNIS feature ID1086380[1]

Geography

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

Two villages are located in Mount Pleasant Township: Mount Pleasant in the center, and part of Dillonvale in the northeast.

Name and history

Mount Pleasant Township was founded in 1807. It was named from the village of Mount Pleasant contained within its borders.[4]

It is the only Mount Pleasant Township statewide.[5]

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,[6] 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.

References
  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  3. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  4. Doyle, Joseph Beatty (1910). 20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County, Ohio and Representative Citizens. Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company. pp. 485.
  5. "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved 2007-02-16.
  6. §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.
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