Harrison Township is one of the twelve
townships of
Champaign County,
Ohio
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, United States. As of the
2020 census the population was 882.
Geography
Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Union Township, Logan County - north
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Liberty Township, Logan County - northeast
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Salem Township - east
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Concord Township - south
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Adams Township - west
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Miami Township, Logan County - northwest
No municipalities are located in Harrison Township, although the
unincorporated community
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of
Springhills
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is located in the township's northwest.
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 fiscal officer,
§503.24§505.01
an
§507.01
of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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.
References
External links
County websiteCounty and township map of Ohio
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Townships in Champaign County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio