Meigs Township is one of the fifteen townships

Civil township

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 of Adams County

Adams County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 27,330 people, 10,501 households, and 7,613 families residing in the county. The population density was 47 people per square mile . There were 11,822 housing units at an average density of 20 per square mile...

, Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 3,753 people in the township, 2,014 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Bratton Township
  Bratton Township, Adams County, Ohio
  Bratton Township is one of the fifteen townships of Adams County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,412 people in the township.The Great Serpent Mound, a serpent-shaped effigy mound of the Fort Ancient culture, is located within Bratton Township, along with much of the Serpent Mound...
  
   - north, west of Franklin Township
• Franklin Township
  Franklin Township, Adams County, Ohio
  Franklin Township is one of the fifteen townships of Adams County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,167 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north, east of Bratton Township
• Rarden Township, Scioto County
  Rarden Township, Scioto County, Ohio
  Rarden Township is one of the sixteen townships of Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,122 people in the township, 946 of whom lived in the unincorporated parts of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Brush Creek Township, Scioto County
  Brush Creek Township, Scioto County, Ohio
  Brush Creek Township is one of the sixteen townships of Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,149 people in the township, 1,063 of whom lived in the unincorporated parts of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Jefferson Township
  Jefferson Township, Adams County, Ohio
  Jefferson Township is one of the fifteen townships of Adams County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,024 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Meigs Township - north...
  
   - south, east of Brush Creek Township
• Brush Creek Township
  Brush Creek Township, Adams County, Ohio
  Brush Creek Township is one of the fifteen townships of Adams County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,231 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Meigs Township - north...
  
   - south, west of Jefferson Township
• Tiffin Township
  Tiffin Township, Adams County, Ohio
  Tiffin Township is one of the fifteen townships of Adams County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,075 people in the township, 5,075 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Oliver Township
  Oliver Township, Adams County, Ohio
  Oliver Township is one of the fifteen townships of Adams County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,246 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Scott Township - north...
  
   - west
• Scott Township
  Scott Township, Adams County, Ohio
  Scott Township is one of the fifteen townships of Adams County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,053 people in the township, 1,014 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

The village of Peebles

Peebles, Ohio

Peebles is a village in Adams County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,739 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land.-Demographics:...

 is located in northern Meigs Township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Meigs Township is located in Muskingum County

Meigs Township, Muskingum County, Ohio

Meigs Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 173 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...

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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.