Morgan Township is one of the fifteen townships of Gallia County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 1,379.
Geography
Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships: Salem Township, Meigs County - north Rutland Township, Meigs County - northeast corner Cheshire Township - east Addison Township - southeast corner Springfield Township - south Raccoon Township - southwest corner Huntington Township - west
No municipalities are located in Morgan Township.
Name and history
It is one of six Morgan Townships 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 fiscal officer, 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.