Ohio Township, Gallia County, Ohio
township in Gallia County, Ohio
Ohio Township is one of the fifteen townships of Gallia County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 947.
Geography
Located in the southeastern corner of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships:
Clay Township - north
Guyan Township - west
Harrison Township - northwest corner
West Virginia lies across the Ohio River to the east and south: Mason County to the east, and Cabell County to the south. It lies downstream of four of the other five Ohio River townships.
No municipalities are located in Ohio Township.
Name and history
Ohio Township was organized in 1804. It was named after the Ohio River, which forms its eastern and southern borders. Statewide, other Ohio Townships are located in Clermont and Monroe 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.
The public source identifies “Ohio Township, Gallia County, Ohio” as township in Gallia County, Ohio. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Ohio, Township and Gallia.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7080998. VIAF identifies the subject as 138743560. The Library of Congress control number is no2006083064. Authority coordinates are 38.631, -82.212. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020 and 1804.
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