Place:Morgan, Butler, Ohio, United States

Watchers
NameMorgan
TypeTownship
Coordinates39.34333°N 84.7225°W
Located inButler, Ohio, United States     (1811 - )
See alsoRoss (township), Butler, Ohio, United States
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Alert
Macedonia
Okeana
Shandon

History

The tenth in order of creation, Morgan Township was erected from Ross Township by the Butler County Commissioners (James Blackburn, William Robison, and John Wingate) on March 4, 1811, with these boundaries:

Beginning at the southwest corner of the county of Butler; thence north with the western boundary line of the said county to the northwest corner of township No. 3 of the first range east of the meridian line drawn from the mouth of the Great Miami river; thence east with the northern boundary line of the same township to the northeast corner thereof; thence south with the eastern boundary line of the same to the southe boundary line of the county of Butler aforesaid; thence west with the said southern boundary line to the place of beginning.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Morgan Township, Butler County, Ohio.