Jackson Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania
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JACKSON TOWNSHIP


CONTACT INFORMATION:

Raymond S. Kiger, Chairman
  Board of Supervisors
  104 Tunnel Road
  Holbrook, PA 15341

  Phone: 724-499-5713
  Fax: 724-499-5883
  Email: jack104@windstream.net

ABOUT JACKSON TOWNSHIP:
Jackson Township was settled about 1774 and formed in 1839.

Children living in Jackson Township attend schools within the West Greene School District, which includes:
  • Aleppo Elementary (724-428-5266). Business Office (724-499-5183)
  • Graysville Elementary (724-428-3592)
  • Spring-Freeport Elementary (724-447-2331). Superintendent's Office (724-499-5183)
  • West Greene High School (724-499-5191)
  • West Greene Middle School (724-499-5051)
  • Greene County Career & Technology Center (724-627-3106)
Reading Center: Click here, 102 Tunnel Road, Holbrook, PA (Phone: 724-499-5428).

Voting Precinct: for Jackson Township residents is in the Jackson Township Municipal Building located at 104 Tunnel Road, Holbrook, PA 15341 (Building Phone: 724-499-5713).
For more information, contact the Greene County Elections Office at 724-852-5304.

Jackson Township Coordinance: Latitude: 39º50'00"N, Longitude: -80º21'59". The geography of Jackson Township according to the United States Census Bureau, has a total area of 76.2 km˛ (29.4 mi˛), 76.2 km˛ (29.4 mi˛) of it is land and 0.03% is water.

Comprehensive Plan: forthcoming
Also see the Greene County Comprehensive Plan prepared by the Department of Economic Development.


JACKSON TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS: (updated 1/6/2010)
  • Chairman: Raymond S. Kiger
    2102 Golden Oaks Road, Holbrook, PA 15341 (Phone: 724-499-5672)
  • Vice Chairman: Leroy McGlone, Jr.
    2393 Golden Oaks Road, PO Box 16, Holbrook, PA 15341
  • Supervisor: Owen Jeremiah Kiger
    1689 Toms Run Road, Holbrook, PA 15341
  • Secretary-Treasurer: Richard Kerch
  • Solicitor: J. William Hook
    P.O. Box 792, Waynesburg, PA 15370 (Phone: 724-428-4295)
  • Engineer: K-2 Engineering (Phone: 714-439-3440)
  • Township Auditors:
    • Crystal G. Miller
    • Ellen F. Weaver
    • tbd
  • Elected Tax Collector: Kathy Kiger
    2102 Golden Oaks Road, Holbrook, PA 15341 (Phone: 724-499-5672)
  • Appointed Tax Collector: Central Tax Bureau
    Waynesburg, PA 15370 (Phone: 724-627-8980)
  • Constable: John Gurney (Phone: 724-499-5054)
  • Emergency Management Coordinator: Raymond S. Kiger
    104 Tunnel Road, Holbrook, PA 15341 (Phone: 724-499-5713)
  • Sewage Officers:
    • K—2 Engineering, Primary Sewage Enforcement Officer (Phone: 714-439-3440)
    • Carl Barchiesi (alternate)
      Eighty-eight Road, Carmichaels, PA 15320 (Phone: 724-966-7613)
  • Uniform Construction Code (UCC) Administrator: Richard Kerch (Phone: 724-499-5466)
Scheduled Board Meetings: are held monthly at the township municipal building at 104 Tunnel Road, Holbrook, PA 15341 on the following schedule: at 9:00 a.m. on the first Tuesday of every month ... except for every third month (March, June, September & December) the meetings will be at 6:00 p.m. on the first Tuesday of every month. Any questions, call the Township Office.

Meeting Notes: please contact the township office for a copy of their meeting notes.

Permits and Ordinances: for information on Aleppo Township permits and/or township ordiances, please contact the township office at 724-499-5713.


NOTABLE MENTIONED WITHIN JACKSONTOWNSHIP:
  • Parks:

  • Organizations & landmarks:
    • Richard T. Foley Farm site, located along Job Creek southwest of Waynesburg, is an archaeological site that was once a village of the Monongahela culture of Native Americans and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

  • Churches: Macedonia Church, Bethany Church.

  • Cemeteries: Higgins Cemetery, Staggers Cemetery.

  • Streams, rivers, and creeks: Falling Timber Run, Job Creek, Webster Run.

PENNSYLVANIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT:
(Information Source: wikipedia.org (Wikipedia, the Free Online Encyclopedia))
Local government in Pennsylvania is a mosaic of 5,334 individual units. All were established by the State or provincial government and operate under laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Each unit is distinct and independent of other local units, although they may overlap geographically and may act together to serve the public. Jackson Township is located within Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 516 at the 2000 census.

INFORMATIVE LINKS:
  • Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors
  • USEPA FIPS Code for Pennsylvania = 42, Greene County = 059 (42059).
    Federal Information Processing Standards Codes for states, counties, and named populated places; are a standardized set of numeric or alphabetic codes issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to ensure uniform identification of geographic entities through all federal government agencies. The entities covered include: states and statistically equivalent entities, counties and statistically equivalent entities, named populated and related location entities (such as, places and county subdivisions), and American Indian and Alaska Native areas.
  • USGS Real-time Water Data for the Nation (surface water, ground water, and water quality)
  • Watersheds: Ohio Basin, Monongahela Subbasin (Source: www.dep.state.pa.us).
    A watershed is an area of land that drains into a lake or river. As rainwater and melting snow run downhill, they carry sediment and other materials into our streams, lakes, wetlands and groundwater (Source www.ctic.purdue.edu)
  • Hydrologic Unit Map and Hydrologic Unit Codes
  • To search for cemeteries, villages and other features within Greene County, visit the USGS Geographical Names Information System (GNIS) to determine what 7.5' topographic map(s) depict specific geographic features.
  • Pennsylvania Counties (State Archives)
  • Greene County (Pennsylvania State Archives)
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