Morgan Township, Scioto County, Ohio

Coordinates: 38°55′32″N 83°5′15″W / 38.92556°N 83.08750°W

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Morgan Township, Scioto County, Ohio
Township
Township fire department
Location of Morgan Township in Scioto County
Coordinates: 38°55′32″N 83°5′15″W / 38.92556°N 83.08750°W / 38.92556; -83.08750
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Scioto
Area
• Total	30.1 sq mi (78.1 km²)
• Land	29.9 sq mi (77.4 km²)
• Water	0.3 sq mi (0.7 km²)
Elevation ^[1]	636 ft (194 m)
Population (2020)^[2]
• Total	2,232
• Density	74.6/sq mi (28.8/km²)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code	39-52150^[3]
GNIS feature ID	1086929^[1]

Morgan Township is one of the sixteen townships of Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census counted 2,232 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:

Camp Creek Township, Pike County - north
Scioto Township, Pike County - northeast corner
Valley Township - east
Rush Township - south
Union Township - southwest
Brush Creek Township - west
Rarden Township - northwest

No municipalities are located in Morgan Township.

Name and history

Named after settler Thomas Morgan,^[4]^[5] it is one of six Morgan Townships statewide.^[6]

Morgan Township was organized in June 1825.^[4]

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,^[7] 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.

References

^ ^a ^b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Morgan township, Scioto County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Portsmouth Area Resource Guide, 2007-2008". The Community Common. July 29, 2007. p. 6.
^ Bannon, Henry Towne (1927). Stories Old and Often Told, Being Chronicles of Scioto County, Ohio. Baltimore: Waverly Press. p. 274.
^ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved February 16, 2007.
^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

External links

County website

v t e Municipalities and communities of Scioto County, Ohio, United States
County seat: Portsmouth
City	Portsmouth	Map of Ohio highlighting Scioto County
Villages	New Boston Otway Rarden South Webster
Townships	Bloom Brush Creek Clay Green Harrison Jefferson Madison Morgan Nile Porter Rarden Rush Union Valley Vernon Washington
CDPs	Clarktown Franklin Furnace Friendship Lucasville McDermott Minford Rosemount Sciotodale West Portsmouth Wheelersburg
Unincorporated communities	Alexandria Bear Creek Bloom Junction Buena Vista Dry Run Eifort‡ Hales Creek Harrison Mills Haverhill Henley Junior Furnace Lombardsville Lyra McGaw Mount Joy Mule Town Pinkerman Pond Run Powellsville Rushtown Scioto Furnace Sedan Slocum Wallace Mills
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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