Salisbury Township, Meigs County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Salisbury Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Meigs County.


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Meigs

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area_total_km2 = 88.5
area_land_km2 = 88.0
area_water_km2 = 0.6
area_total_sq_mi = 34.2
area_land_sq_mi = 34.0
area_water_sq_mi = 0.2

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 6441
population_density_km2 = 73.2
population_density_sq_mi = 189.6

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 239
elevation_ft = 784
latd = 39 |latm = 1 |lats = 18 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 2 |longs = 43 |longEW = W

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Salisbury Township is one of the twelve townships of Meigs County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,441 people in the township, 1,950 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39105 Meigs County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the central part of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships:
*Bedford Township - north
*Chester Township - northeast
*Sutton Township - southeast
*Cheshire Township, Gallia County - southwest
*Rutland Township - west
*Scipio Township - northwest corner

Mason County, West Virginia lies across the Ohio River to the south.

It is the farthest downstream of Meigs County's Ohio River townships.

Two villages are located along Salisbury Township's shoreline: Middleport, the largest village in the county, in the southwest, and Pomeroy, the county seat, in the southeast.

Name and history

It is the only Salisbury Township statewide.

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 clerk, 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 clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References

External links

* [http://www.meigscountyohio.com County website]