Sutton Township, Meigs County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Sutton Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Meigs County.


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Meigs

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area_total_km2 = 81.7
area_land_km2 = 80.6
area_water_km2 = 1.1
area_total_sq_mi = 31.6
area_land_sq_mi = 31.1
area_water_sq_mi = 0.4

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 3250
population_density_km2 = 40.3
population_density_sq_mi = 104.4

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 175
elevation_ft = 574
latd = 38 |latm = 59 |lats = 47 |latNS = N
longd = 81 |longm = 55 |longs = 50 |longEW = W

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Sutton Township is one of the twelve townships of Meigs County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,250 people in the township, 1,625 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39105 Meigs County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the southeastern part of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships:
*Chester Township - north
*Lebanon Township - east
*Letart Township - southeast
*Salisbury Township - northwest

Mason County, West Virginia lies across the Ohio River to the southeast.

It is the second farthest downstream of Meigs County's Ohio River townships.

Two villages are located along Sutton Township's shoreline: Racine, in the south, and Syracuse, in the southwest.

Name and history

It is the only Sutton Township 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 clerk, 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 clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References

External links

* [http://www.meigscountyohio.com County website]