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 / 40.18778°N 80.79222°W / 40.18778; -80.79222
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Jefferson
Area
• Total	19.1 sq mi (49.5 km2)
• Land	19.1 sq mi (49.5 km2)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0.1 km2)
Elevation [1]	948 ft (289 m)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	2,191
• Density	110/sq mi (44/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	43939
Area code	740
FIPS code	39-52990[3]
GNIS feature ID	1086380[1]

Mount Pleasant Township is one of the fourteen townships of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 2,191 people in the township.

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

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.