Freeport Township is one of the fifteen
townships of
Harrison County,
Ohio
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, United States. As of the
2020 census the population was 726.
Geography
Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Washington Township - north
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Moorefield Township - east
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Flushing Township, Belmont County - southeast
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Londonderry Township, Guernsey County - south
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Washington Township, Guernsey County - southwest
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Perry Township, Tuscarawas County - northwest
It is the only township in the county to border
Guernsey County.
The village of
Freeport is located in central Freeport Township. The unincorporated community of
Smyrna
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is located in southeast Freeport Township next to the southern boundary of the township and county.
Name and history
It is the only Freeport Township 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
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. 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 Harrison County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio