Malta Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Morgan County

Morgan County, Ohio

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, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,964 people in the township, 1,268 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Bloom Township
  Bloom Township, Morgan County, Ohio
  Bloom Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,015 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Morgan Township
  Morgan Township, Morgan County, Ohio
  Morgan Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,617 people in the township, 941 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Windsor Township
  Windsor Township, Morgan County, Ohio
  Windsor Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,951 people in the township, 1,411 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Penn Township
  Penn Township, Morgan County, Ohio
  Penn Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 777 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Malta Township - north...
  
   - south
• Union Township
  Union Township, Morgan County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 607 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Deerfield Township - north...
  
   - southwest
• Deerfield Township
  Deerfield Township, Morgan County, Ohio
  Deerfield Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 802 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*York Township - north...
  
   - west

The village of Malta

Malta, Ohio

Malta is a village in Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The population was 696 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Malta is located at...

 is located along the eastern edge of Malta Township, along the Muskingum River

Muskingum River

The Muskingum River is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 111 miles long, in southeastern Ohio in the United States. An important commercial route in the 19th century, it flows generally southward through the eastern hill country of Ohio...

 and across from the county seat

County seat

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 of McConnelsville

McConnelsville, Ohio

McConnelsville is a village in Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,676 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Morgan County. As of October 19 2011, the mayor is John Walter Finley.-Geography:...

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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, 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.

As of 2007, the trustees are Curt Best, Rex Copeland, and Bill Greuey, and the clerk is Barbara Greury.