Harrison Township, Perry County, Ohio
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Harrison Township is one of the fourteen townships of Perry 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 2020 census found 5,145 people in the township.


Geography

Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Newton Township, Muskingum County - north * Clay Township, Muskingum County - northeast * York Township, Morgan County - southeast * Bearfield Township - south * Pike Township - southwest * Clayton Township - west Several populated places are located in Harrison Township: *The village of Crooksville, in the east *Part of the village of Roseville, in the far northeast along the border with Muskingum County *The
unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
of Milligan, in the south *The unincorporated community of McLuney, also in the south


Name and history

Harrison Township was organized in 1820, and named for
William Henry Harrison William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773April 4, 1841) was the ninth president of the United States, serving from March 4 to April 4, 1841, the shortest presidency in U.S. history. He was also the first U.S. president to die in office, causin ...
, an Ohio legislator and afterward 5th President of the United States. 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'' (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 officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.


References


External links


County website
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