Perry Township is one of the fifteen
townships of
Ashland County,
Ohio
Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...
, United States. The population was 2,024 at the
2020 census.
Geography
Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Jackson Township - north
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Congress Township, Wayne County - northeast corner
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Chester Township, Wayne County - east
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Plain Township, Wayne County - southeast corner
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Mohican Township - south
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Vermillion Township - southwest corner
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Montgomery Township - west
No municipalities are located in Perry Township.
Name and history
Perry Township was organized in 1814.
It is one of twenty-six
Perry 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 trustees are elected in the year after the presidential election, and one is elected in the year before it. Additionally, there is 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 officer position or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.
References
External links
County website
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Townships in Ashland County, Ohio
1814 establishments in Ohio
Populated places established in 1814
Townships in Ohio