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- 09/07/2010 - JBCC Member Social Gathering~The Chophouse Bar & Grille
- 09/09/2010 - BAH~Tabletop Holiday Inn Belden Village
- 09/14/2010 - Breakfast Series~September 14, 2010
- 09/15/2010 - Ribbon Cutting~Planet Fitness
- 09/23/2010 - BAH~Black McCuskey Souers & Arbaugh
History of Jackson Township
Settlers arrived in the area that is now Jackson Township about 1806. The township, an area of 36 square miles, was partitioned out of Plain Township. Named in honor of General Andrew Jackson, the township held its first election of trustees in 1815.
Schools and churches quickly followed, and by the 1820’s taverns, inns and general stores opened for business. Early industries included farming and grist mills.
The township was linked to emerging major cities in Ohio by rail and by the Ohio and Erie Canal. Remnants of the canal’s lock system remain, and the towpath is now used by walkers and hikers. The 1.5 mile stretch of canal that lies within Jackson Township is part of the restoration effort of the Ohio and Erie Canal Corridor Coalition, an organization that hopes to create a recreational path along the canal from Cleveland to Zoar.
The township remained a rural area until the end of World War II, when new allotments were built to accommodate the housing needs of returning veterans and their families.
Still, the real change in the nature of the township came in the late 1960’s when Belden Village Mall was built next to the Everhard Road exit of I-77.
In the years between 1970 and 1995, the population of Jackson Township grew by more than 50 percent, from about 20,000 to over 33,000 residents.
Today, the township has about 36,000 residents and continues to grow as a center of commercial development and new subdivisions.