Harrison Township is one of the twenty-two
townships
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of
Knox County,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2020 census found 854 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the east central part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Howard Township - north
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Union Township - northeast corner
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Butler Township - east
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Jackson Township - southeast corner
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Clay Township - south
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Morgan Township - southwest corner
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Pleasant Township - west, south of College Township
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College Township
The "College Township" was the full survey township located in the northwest corner of Butler County, Ohio, now corresponding to the civil township of Oxford, designated by the Ohio General Assembly to be the site of the state university now cal ...
- northwest, between Pleasant and Monroe Townships
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Monroe Township - northwest corner, north of College Township
No municipalities are located in Harrison Township.
Name and history
Harrison Township was organized in 1825. It is named for
William Henry Harrison
William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773April 4, 1841) was the ninth president of the United States, serving from March 4 to April 4, 1841, the shortest presidency in U.S. history. He was also the first U.S. president to die in office, causin ...
.
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
The ''Ohio Revised Code'' (ORC) contains all current statutes of the Ohio General Assembly of a permanent and general nature, consolidated into provisions, titles, chapters and sections. However, the only official publication of the enactments o ...
. 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 website
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Townships in Knox County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio