Established in 1873, Jefferson Township is Crawford County’s youngest township.  It was named after President Thomas Jefferson and is the site of one of the most historic places in the county.

It is here that Col. William Crawford was captured on the Sandusky River, just east of Leesville and taken to Chief Wingenund’s Camp.

Jacob Fisher was the township’s first settler, purchasing land at the price of $ 1.25 an acre.  Fisher was described as “industrious, hardworking, but a troublemaker.”

The Christian Snyder family was the second group of settlers.  The family brought 160 acres of land from Fisher and spent the first night sleeping on the ground of what was to become their cabin floor.  When they awoke from that first night’s sleep, they were covered with six inches of snow.

The Snyders were to become prominent in the settlement of the township.

Jacob Fisher was the father of the first child born in Jefferson Township in 1819.