Meigs County, OH borders Athens near Pomeroy metropolitan centre giving a 2020 estimated population standing at 25,030 making it the 34th most populous county located in Ohio overall. Its county seat is Pomeroy with other cities include Middleport & Racine-Pomeroy itself equates out to Meigs's largestcity aside from noted country seat. This area had been created out of Gallia and Washington Counties back in 1819 when local citizens petitioned for new administrative boundaries - posthumously named after Governor Return Jonathan Meigs suzerainty period during James Madison .