Sutton Township is one of the twelve townships of Meigs County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 3,077 people in the township.
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 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