Harrison Township, Perry County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Harrison Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Perry County.


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Perry

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area_total_km2 = 60.3
area_land_km2 = 60.2
area_water_km2 = 0.2
area_total_sq_mi = 23.3
area_land_sq_mi = 23.2
area_water_sq_mi = 0.1

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 5399
population_density_km2 = 89.7
population_density_sq_mi = 232.4

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 237
elevation_ft = 778
latd = 39 |latm = 46 |lats = 36 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 5 |longs = 51 |longEW = W

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Harrison Township is one of the fourteen townships of Perry County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,399 people in the township, 1,745 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39127 Perry County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Newton Township, Muskingum County - north
*Clay Township, Muskingum County - northeast
*York Township, Morgan County - southeast
*Bearfield Township - south
*Pike Township - southwest
*Clayton Township - west

Several populated places are located in Harrison Township:
*The village of Crooksville, in the east
*Part of the village of Roseville, in the far northeast along the border with Muskingum County
*The unincorporated community of Milligan, in the south

Name and history

It is one of nineteen Harrison Townships 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 clerk, 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 clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References

External links

* [http://www.perrycountyohiocofc.com County website]