Monroe Township, Adams County, Ohio Monroe Township, Adams County, Ohio Monroe Township is one of the fifteen townships of Adams County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 686. Located in the southern part of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships: Lewis County, Kentucky lies across the Ohio River to the south. No municipalities are located in Monroe Township. Monroe Township was organized in 1817. It is named for James Monroe. It is one of twenty-two Monroe Townships statewide. The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered
Monroe, Michigan of Monroe in honor of President James Monroe. He visited the Michigan Territory in 1817. In the same year, the city of Monroe was named as the county seat of the newly created Monroe County. Monroe was re-incorporated as a city in 1837. Settled mostly by American migrants from New York and New England, Monroe later became associated with events in the West in the later 19th century, particularly the Indian Wars. It is known as the childhood home of George Armstrong Custer (1839–1876), who had a military career in which he reached the rank of Major General. His family