Country United States County Morgan FIPS code 39-46984 Elevation 237 m Zip code 43758 Area code 740 | State Ohio Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) GNIS feature ID 1086688 Local time Sunday 7:12 AM Population 1,964 (2000) | |
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Weather 2°C, Wind NW at 10 km/h, 89% Humidity Area 67.86 km² (67.08 km² Land / 78 ha Water) | ||
Malta Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,964 people in the township, 1,268 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
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Map of Malta Township, OH, USA
Geography
Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:
The village of Malta is located along the eastern edge of Malta Township, along the Muskingum River and across from the county seat of McConnelsville.
Name and history
It is the only Malta 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, 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.
As of 2007, the trustees are Curt Best, Rex Copeland, and Bill Greuey, and the clerk is Barbara Greury.