Adams Township, Monroe County, Ohio
Township
Bank barn on Altitude-Miller Hill Road
Location of Adams Township in Monroe County
Coordinates: 39°46′6″N 80°59′12″W / 39.76833°N 80.98667°W / 39.76833; -80.98667
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Monroe
Area
• Total	22.5 sq mi (58.2 km2)
• Land	22.5 sq mi (58.2 km2)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation [1]	748 ft (228 m)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	620
• Density	28/sq mi (11/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code	39-00296[3]
GNIS feature ID	1086646[1]

Adams Township is one of the eighteen townships of Monroe County, Ohio, United States. The population was 620 at the 2020 census.

Geography

Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Sunsbury Township - north
• Switzerland Township - northeast
• Salem Township - east
• Green Township - south
• Center Township - west

No municipalities are located in Adams Township, although the unincorporated community of Cameron lies in the township's east.

Name and history

It is one of ten Adams Townships statewide.^[4]

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,^[5] 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.