Morgan Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio

Morgan Township, Ohio
—  Township  —
Municipalities and townships of Ashtabula County.
Coordinates: 41°39′45″N 80°50′58″W / 41.6625°N 80.84944°W / 41.6625; -80.84944Coordinates: 41°39′45″N 80°50′58″W / 41.6625°N 80.84944°W / 41.6625; -80.84944
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Ashtabula
Area
– Total	24.2 sq mi (62.7 km2)
– Land	23.9 sq mi (61.9 km2)
– Water	0.3 sq mi (0.8 km2)
Elevation[1]	814 ft (248 m)
Population (2000)
– Total	1,954
– Density	81.8/sq mi (31.6/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
– Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code	39-52066[2]
GNIS feature ID	1085733[1]

Morgan Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,954 people in the township, 780 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.^[3]

Geography

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

• Austinburg Township - north
• Jefferson Township - northeast corner
• Lenox Township - east
• New Lyme Township - southeast corner
• Rome Township - south
• Hartsgrove Township - southwest corner
• Trumbull Township - west
• Harpersfield Township - northwest corner

Two villages are located in Morgan Township: part of Roaming Shores in the southeast, and Rock Creek in the center.

Name and history

Named for Connecticut landowner John Morgan,^[4] it is one of six Morgan Townships statewide.^[5]

The first white settler in Morgan Township was Nathan Gillett, who came from Connecticut in 1801.^[4]

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,^[6] 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.^[4]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
2. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
3. ^ Ashtabula County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.
4. ^ ^{a b c} Ashtabula County, Ohio Ashtabula County, 2007. Accessed 2007-05-28.
5. ^ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/general_ref/cousub_outline/cen2k_pgsz/oh_cosub.pdf. Retrieved 2007-02-16. 
6. ^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

External links

• County website