Harrison Township is one of the seventeen
townships
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
of
Logan County Logan County is the name of ten current counties and one former county in the United States:
* Logan County, Arkansas
* Logan County, Colorado
* Logan County, Idaho (1889–1895)
* Logan County, Illinois
* Logan County, Kansas
* Logan 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. As of the
2020 census, the population was 2,061.
Geography
Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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McArthur Township - north
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Lake Township - east
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Liberty Township - southeast
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Union Township - south
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Pleasant Township - southwest
*
Washington Township - west
Part of the city of
Bellefontaine, the
county seat
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of Logan County, is located in eastern and central Harrison Township.
Name and history
Harrison Township was organized in 1836. 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, 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.
Transportation
U.S. Route 33
U.S. Route 33 (US 33) is a United States Numbered Highway that runs northwest–southeast for from northern Indiana to Richmond, Virginia, passing through Ohio and West Virginia en route. Although most odd-numbered U.S. routes are north– ...
and
State Route 47 are the major highways in Harrison Township. As well,
Bellefontaine Regional Airport is located in the township's center.
References
External links
County websiteCounty and township map of Ohio
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Townships in Logan County, Ohio
1832 establishments in Ohio
Populated places established in 1832
Townships in Ohio