| Morgan Township, Ohio | |
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| — Township — | |
| Municipalities and townships of Butler County. | |
| Coordinates: | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Butler |
| Area | |
| • Total | 36.9 sq mi (95.5 km2) |
| • Land | 36.9 sq mi (95.5 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation[1] | 732 ft (223 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 5,328 |
| • Density | 144.5/sq mi (55.8/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| FIPS code | 39-52080[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1085816[1] |
Morgan Township, one of thirteen townships in the county, is located in the southwestern corner of Butler County, Ohio, United States, on the state line with Indiana. It had a population of 5,328 in 2000, up from 4,972 in 1990. There are no incorporated places in the township. Unincorporated places there include Alert, Okeana, Macedonia, and Shandon. It comprised one full survey township in the first range of the Congress Lands and has an area of thirty-six miles.
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The tenth in order of creation, Morgan Township was erected from Ross Township by the Butler County Commissioners (James Blackburn, William Robison, and John Wingate) on March 4, 1811, with these boundaries:
Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
Named for General Daniel Morgan, an officer in the American Revolutionary War, it is one of six Morgan Townships statewide.[3]
Major highways include State Routes 126, 129, and 748.
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,[4] 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.
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