Salisbury Township is one of the twelve townships of Meigs County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 5,512 people in the township.
Geography Located in the central part of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships: Bedford Township - north Chester Township - northeast Sutton Township - southeast Cheshire Township, Gallia County - southwest Rutland Township - west Scipio Township - northwest corner
Mason County, West Virginia lies across the Ohio River to the south.
It is the farthest downstream of Meigs County's Ohio River townships.
Two villages are located along Salisbury Township's shoreline: Middleport, the largest village in the county, in the southwest, and Pomeroy, the county seat, in the southeast.
Name and history Salisbury Township in Ohio was formed and organized on January 11, 1805, by the county commissioners of Gallia County when they abolished Kerr's Township. It is the only Salisbury Township statewide. Rutland Township was partitioned from Salisbury Township and organized in 1812. Salisbury Township was transferred from Gallia County to Meigs County when it was formed in 1819.Meigs County. The Pioneer History of Meigs County, by Stillman Carter Larkin. One Volume with Illustrations. Columbus, Ohio: The Berlin Printing Company, 1908. Accessed 1 September 2026.
Located off State Route 124 near Rock Springs, the Meigs County Fairgrounds is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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,§503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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.
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External links County website