Country United States FIPS code 39-75847 Elevation 175 m Population 3,250 (2000) | Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) GNIS feature ID 1086619 Local time Saturday 1:43 PM | |
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Weather 8°C, Wind NW at 13 km/h, 77% Humidity Area 81.84 km² (80.55 km² Land / 104 ha Water) | ||
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.
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Map of Sutton Township, OH, USA
Geography
Located in the southeastern part of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships:
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, 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.