Mount Pleasant Township, Jefferson County, Ohio

Coordinates: 40°11′16″N 80°47′32″W / 40.18778, -80.79222
Mount Pleasant Township, Ohio
Municipalities and townships of Jefferson County.
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Jefferson
Area
- Township	sq mi (km²)
- Land	sq mi ( km²)
- Water	sq mi ( km²)
Elevation ³	ft ( m)
Population (2000)
- Township
- Density	/sq mi (/km²)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	43939
Area code(s)	740
FIPS code	39-52990²
GNIS feature ID	1086380³

Mount Pleasant Township is one of the fourteen townships of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,588 people in the township, 1,503 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.^[1]

Geography

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

Smithfield Township - north
Warren Township - east
Pease Township, Belmont County - southeast
Colerain Township, Belmont County - south
Wheeling Township, Belmont County - southwest corner
Short Creek Township, Harrison County - west

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

Name and history

It is the only Mount Pleasant Township 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 clerk, 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 clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References

^ Jefferson County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.

External links

County website

Municipalities and communities of Jefferson County, Ohio
County seat: Steubenville
Cities	Steubenville \| Toronto
Villages	Adena \| Amsterdam \| Bergholz \| Bloomingdale \| Dillonvale \| Empire \| Irondale \| Mingo Junction \| Mount Pleasant \| New Alexandria \| Rayland \| Richmond \| Smithfield \| Stratton \| Tiltonsville \| Wintersville
Townships	Brush Creek \| Cross Creek \| Island Creek \| Knox \| Mount Pleasant \| Ross \| Salem \| Saline \| Smithfield \| Springfield \| Steubenville \| Warren \| Wayne \| Wells
Other localities	Brilliant \| East Springfield \| Greentown \| Hammondsville \| Hopewell \| New Somerset \| Piney Fork \| Wolf Run \| Weems

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