Harrison Township is one of the fourteen

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of Carroll County,

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Geography

Located in the west central part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Brown Township - north * Augusta Township - northeast corner * Washington Township - east * Center Township - southeast, north of Union Township * Union Township - southeast, south of Center Township * Monroe Township - southwest * Rose Township - west No municipalities are located in Harrison Township. The unincorporated community New Harrisburg is located centrally.

Name and history

It is one of nineteen Harrison Townships statewide. In 1817, Harrison Township was formed from a part of Sandy Township in Stark County. The township originally was within Stark County until the formation of Carroll County. It had all of the original surveyed township 15, range 6 of the Old

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, until the county commissioners took four and one-half sections in the formation of Centre (later Center) township. A route of the

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passed through the township along Baxter Ridge.

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, 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.

Education

Students attend the

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in most of the township and Brown Local School District in a corner of the township.

Notable residents

* Leonard Harsh (1801–1866), member of the Ohio House of Representatives * Isaac H. Taylor — lawyer, judge, and single-term

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* Jonathan Weaver - 19th century bishop of the

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References

External links

County website
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