Morgan Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
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Morgan Township is one of the twenty-seven townships
Civil township
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 of Ashtabula County
Ashtabula County, Ohio
Ashtabula County is the northeasternmost county in the state of Ohio. As of 2010, the population was 101,497, its county seat is Jefferson. The county is named for a Native American word meaning "river of many fish"....

, Ohio
Ohio
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, United States
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. The 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
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 found 1,954 people in the township, 780 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:
  • Austinburg Township
    Austinburg Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
    Austinburg Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,234 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

     - north
  • Jefferson Township
    Jefferson Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
    Jefferson Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,559 people in the township, 1,987 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

     - northeast corner
  • Lenox Township
    Lenox Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
    Lenox Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,388 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Jefferson Township - north...

     - east
  • New Lyme Township
    New Lyme Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
    New Lyme Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,072 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

     - southeast corner
  • Rome Township
    Rome Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
    Rome Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,568 people in the township, 919 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

     - south
  • Hartsgrove Township
    Hartsgrove Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
    Hartsgrove Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,395 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the southwestern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:...

     - southwest corner
  • Trumbull Township
    Trumbull Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
    Trumbull Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,461 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the western edge of the county, it borders the following townships:...

     - west
  • Harpersfield Township
    Harpersfield Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio
    Harpersfield Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,603 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the northwestern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:...

     - northwest corner


Two villages are located in Morgan Township: part of Roaming Shores
Roaming Shores, Ohio
Roaming Shores is a village in Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,239 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Roaming Shores is located at ....

 in the southeast, and Rock Creek
Rock Creek, Ohio
Rock Creek is a village in Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The population was 584 at the 2000 census.The principal village festival is the Ox Roast...

 in the center.

Name and history

Named for Connecticut
Connecticut
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 landowner John Morgan, it is one of six Morgan Townships statewide
Morgan Township, Ohio
Morgan Township may refer to the following townships in the United States:-Arkansas:* Morgan Township, Cleburne County, Arkansas* Morgan Township, Franklin County, Arkansas* Morgan Township, Lawrence County, Arkansas...

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The first white settler in Morgan Township was Nathan Gillett, who came from Connecticut in 1801.

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. Currently, the board is composed of chairman Virgil Martin and members Donald Dietrich and Joseph Dyrcz.
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