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 Arbor-Flint combined statistical area, and the city is sometimes unofficially included as a northerly extension of the Toledo Metropolitan Area. The Monroe area saw several military conflicts during the War of 1812 with Great Britain and is best remembered for the Battle of Frenchtown. In 1817, portions of the Frenchtown settlement along the River Raisin were platted and renamed Monroe after then-president James Monroe. When Michigan became a state in 1837, Monroe was incorporated as a city. Monroe is known as the childhood residence of George Armstrong Custer and other members of his family, including his brother Boston Custer and