Morgan Township is one of the fifteen townships of Gallia County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 1,404.GeographyLocated in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships: Salem Township, Meigs County - northRutland Township, Meigs County - northeast cornerCheshire Township - eastAddison Township - southeast cornerSpringfield Township - southRaccoon Township - southwest cornerHuntington Township - west No municipalities are located in Morgan Township.Name and historyIt is one of six Morgan Townships statewide.GovernmentThe 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.
