Lebanon Township, Meigs County, Ohio


Lebanon Township is one of the twelve townships of Meigs County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,029 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the eastern part of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships:
Jackson County, West Virginia lies across the Ohio River to the east.
It is the second-farthest upstream of Meigs County's Ohio River townships.
No municipalities are located in Lebanon Township, although the unincorporated community of Portland is located on the township's eastern shoreline.

Name and history

It is the only Lebanon 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.