Morgan Township is one of the twenty-seven
townships of
Ashtabula County
Ashtabula County ( ) is the northeasternmost county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 97,574. The county seat is Jefferson, while its largest city is Ashtabula. The county was created in 1808 and later organ ...
,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2020 census found 2,293 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Austinburg Township - north
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Jefferson Township - northeast corner
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Lenox Township - east
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New Lyme Township - southeast corner
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Rome Township - south
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Hartsgrove Township - southwest corner
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Trumbull Township - west
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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
Connecticut ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. ...
landowner John Morgan,
[Ashtabula County, Ohio](_blank)
Ashtabula County, 2007. Accessed 2007-05-28. it is one of six
Morgan Townships statewide.
The first Euro-American 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,
§503.24§505.01
an
§507.01
of the Ohio Revised Code
The ''Ohio Revised Code'' (ORC) contains all current statutes of the Ohio General Assembly of a permanent and general nature, consolidated into provisions, titles, chapters and sections. However, the only official publication of the enactments o ...
. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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 Bob Martin and members Mike Jones, David Larosa and Fiscal Officer Marie Lesko Silbaugh.
References
External links
County website
Townships in Ashtabula County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio
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