Cheshire Township, Gallia County, Ohio
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Cheshire Township is one of the fifteen townships of Gallia County, Ohio, United States. It is the only Cheshire Township in Ohio.
It borders the following townships:
- Salisbury Township, Meigs County - northeast
- Rutland Township, Meigs County - north
- Salem Township, Meigs County - northwest corner
- Morgan Township - west
- Springfield Township - southwest corner
- Addison Township - south
The small village of Cheshire was located in southeastern Cheshire Township. It was bought out and depopulated by a settlement with American Electric Power Company after longstanding problems with air pollution.
To the southeast, Cheshire Township borders West Virginia across the Ohio River. The farthest upstream Ohio River township in the county, it includes Gallia County's farthest east point.
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Gallia County, Ohio Gallipolis, county seat |
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Centerville | Cheshire | Crown City | Gallipolis | Rio Grande | Vinton |
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Addison | Cheshire | Clay | Gallipolis | Green | Greenfield | Guyan | Harrison | Huntington | Morgan | Ohio | Perry | Raccoon | Springfield | Walnut |
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