Perry Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
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Perry Township is one of the twenty-two
townships A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
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Tuscarawas County Tuscarawas County ( ) is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 93,263. Its county seat is New Philadelphia. Its name is a Delaware Indian word variously translated as "ol ...
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Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
, United States. The 2010 census found 462 people in the township.


Geography

Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships: * Rush Township - north * Washington Township, Harrison County - northeast * Freeport Township, Harrison County - southeast * Washington Township, Guernsey County - south * Monroe Township, Guernsey County - southwest * Washington Township - west * Clay Township - northwest corner No municipalities are located in Perry Township.


Name and history

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 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. The current trustees are Harry R. Allen, Greg Bear, and William Keeton, and the fiscal officer is Sandra Cappel.Tuscarawas County, Ohio — Engineer: Joseph S. Bachman
. Tuscarawas County. Accessed 2007-06-01.


References


External links


County website
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