Columbia Township is one of the twelve townships

Civil township

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 of Meigs County

Meigs County, Ohio

Meigs County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 23,770. Its county seat is Pomeroy, and it is named for Return J. Meigs, Jr., the 4th Governor of Ohio.-Geography:...

, Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,018 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Lee Township, Athens County
  Lee Township, Athens County, Ohio
  Lee Township is one of the fourteen townships of Athens County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,531 people in the township, 1,747 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Alexander Township, Athens County
  Alexander Township, Athens County, Ohio
  Alexander Township is one of the fourteen townships of Athens County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,614 people in the township, 2,590 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Scipio Township
  Scipio Township, Meigs County, Ohio
  Scipio Township is one of the twelve townships of Meigs County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,050 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Rutland Township
  Rutland Township, Meigs County, Ohio
  Rutland Township is one of the twelve townships of Meigs County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,347 people in the township, 1,946 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Salem Township
  Salem Township, Meigs County, Ohio
  Salem Township is one of the twelve townships of Meigs County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 944 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:*Columbia Township - north...
  
   - south
• Wilkesville Township, Vinton County
  Wilkesville Township, Vinton County, Ohio
  Wilkesville Township is one of the twelve townships of Vinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 888 people in the township, 737 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Vinton Township, Vinton County
  Vinton Township, Vinton County, Ohio
  Vinton Township is one of the twelve townships of Vinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 558 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Madison Township: north...
  
   - west
• Knox Township, Vinton County
  Knox Township, Vinton County, Ohio
  Knox Township is one of the twelve townships of Vinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 599 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the far eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest

No municipalities are located in Columbia Township.

Name and history

Statewide, other Columbia Townships are located in Hamilton

Columbia Township, Hamilton County, Ohio

Columbia Township is one of the twelve townships of Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,557 people in the township, 4,619 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

 and Lorain Counties.

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.