Sunsbury Township is one of the eighteen townships

Civil township

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 of Monroe County

Monroe County, Ohio

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,424 people in the township, 873 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Washington Township, Belmont County
  Washington Township, Belmont County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the sixteen townships of Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 537 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Smith Township - north...
  
   - northeast
• Switzerland Township
  Switzerland Township, Monroe County, Ohio
  Switzerland Township is one of the eighteen townships of Monroe County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 509 people in the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Adams Township
  Adams Township, Monroe County, Ohio
  Adams Township is one of the eighteen townships of Monroe County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 672 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Sunsbury Township - north...
  
   - south
• Center Township
  Center Township, Monroe County, Ohio
  Center Township is one of the eighteen townships of Monroe County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,797 people in the township, 1,199 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Malaga Township
  Malaga Township, Monroe County, Ohio
  Malaga Township is one of the eighteen townships of Monroe County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 979 people in the township, 845 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Wayne Township, Belmont County
  Wayne Township, Belmont County, Ohio
  Wayne Township is one of the sixteen townships of Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 624 people in the township, 587 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

Three villages are located in Sunsbury Township:

• Beallsville
  Beallsville, Ohio
  Beallsville is a village in Monroe County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 423.The village gained national attention during the Vietnam War by having lost six of its 475 citizens to the war, the worst per-capita loss of life experienced by any place in the...
  
  , in the north
• Part of Jerusalem
  Jerusalem, Ohio
  Jerusalem is a village in Monroe County, Ohio, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 152.Jerusalem is served by the Monroe County District Library from its administrative offices in Woodsfield, Ohio.-Geography:...
  
  , in the northwest, along the border with Malaga Township
• Part of Wilson
  Wilson, Ohio
  Wilson is a village in Belmont and Monroe counties in the US State of Ohio. It is part of the Wheeling, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  , in the northwest, along the border with Belmont County

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.