Harrison Township is one of the nine
townships
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, C ...
of
Montgomery County,
Ohio
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, United States. As of the
2020 census, the population was 21,814.
Geography
Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following township and cities:
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Butler Township - north
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Vandalia - northeast
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Huber Heights - northeast corner
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Dayton
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- east and south
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Riverside - east
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Trotwood - west
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Clayton - northwest
Most of the original Harrison Township area has been incorporated into the city of Dayton, the
county seat
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of Montgomery County. Three
census-designated place
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CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the count ...
s occupy most of the unincorporated parts of the township:
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Fort McKinley, occupying the southwest of the western "island" around Salem Avenue.
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Shiloh, occupying all of the western "island" around N. Main St. except for Fort McKinley and a small section in the northeast
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Northridge, occupying all of the central "island" along N. Dixie Drive from Stop Eight Road to the north, and Embury Park Road, and Great Miami River to the south. There is also a small section northeast of Needmore and Wagner Ford Rd. that is known locally as Eldorado.
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
The ''Ohio Revised Code'' 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 of the Ge ...
. 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.
Education
Children from Harrison Township attend the schools of Northridge Local Schools, Dayton Public Schools and six public charter schools in the township.
References
External links
County website
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Townships in Montgomery County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio