Meigs Township is one of the twenty-five townships

Civil township

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 of Muskingum County

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 173 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Rich Hill Township
  Rich Hill Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Rich Hill Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 385 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the eastern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Spencer Township, Guernsey County
  Spencer Township, Guernsey County, Ohio
  Spencer Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,058 people in the township, 656 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Brookfield Township, Noble County
  Brookfield Township, Noble County, Ohio
  Brookfield Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 119 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Bristol Township, Morgan County
  Bristol Township, Morgan County, Ohio
  Bristol Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 207 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Bloom Township, Morgan County
  Bloom Township, Morgan County, Ohio
  Bloom Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,015 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Blue Rock Township
  Blue Rock Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Blue Rock Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 641 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the southern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Salt Creek Township
  Salt Creek Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Salt Creek Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,113 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Meigs Township.

Name and history

Statewide, the only other Meigs Township is located in Adams County

Meigs Township, Adams County, Ohio

Meigs Township is one of the fifteen townships of Adams County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,753 people in the township, 2,014 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

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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.