Harrison Township is one of the twelve
townships
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of
Preble County,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2020 census found 4,305 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Twin Township, Darke County - north
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Monroe Township, Darke County - northeast
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Clay Township, Montgomery County - east
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Perry Township, Montgomery County - southeast corner
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Twin Township - south
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Washington Township - southwest corner
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Monroe Township - west
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Butler Township, Darke County - northwest corner
Two incorporated villages are located in Harrison Township:
Lewisburg, in the south, and part of
Verona
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, in the northeast.
Name and history
Harrison Township was 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 ...
, a U.S. Army officer and afterward 9th 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
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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
* https://sites.google.com/site/harrisontwppc/home
County website
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Townships in Preble County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio