Morgan Township, Butler County, Ohio


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 5,515 at the 2010 census, up from 5,328 in 2000. 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.

History

The tenth in order of creation, Morgan Township was erected from Ross Township by the Butler County Commissioners on March 4, 1811, with these boundaries:

Historic population figures

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.

Transportation

Major highways include State Routes 126, 129, and 748.

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.