Perry Township is one of the eighteen
townships of
Columbiana County
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,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2020 census reported 16,318 people living in the township.
Geography
Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Green Township, Mahoning County - northeast
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Salem Township - southeast
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Butler Township - southwest
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Goshen Township, Mahoning County - northwest
It is the most northerly township in Columbiana County.
One city is located in Perry Township:
*The city of
Salem, in the center
The
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
of
Salem Heights is on the western edge of the township, along
U.S. Route 62 (West State Street).
Name and history
Perry Township is named for Oliver Hazard Perry, hero of the
Battle of Lake Erie
The Battle of Lake Erie, also known as the Battle of Put-in-Bay, was fought on 10 September 1813, on Lake Erie off the shores of Ohio during the War of 1812. Nine vessels of the United States Navy defeated and captured six vessels of the British ...
. It is one of twenty-six
Perry Townships statewide.
The township was organized in 1832.
Four sections of
Green
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, four sections of
Salem, four sections from
Goshen and four sections of
Butler
A butler is a person who works in a house serving and is a domestic worker in a large household. In great houses, the household is sometimes divided into departments, with the butler in charge of the dining room, wine cellar, and pantries, pantr ...
townships, all then in Columbiana County, were given to the new township.
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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 April 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.
Township Trustees
*James Armeni Sr., Vice Chairman
*Tony Ieropoli,
*Steven J. Bailey, Chairman
Fiscal Officer
*John C. Volio
References
External links
Township websiteCounty website
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Townships in Columbiana County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio
1832 establishments in Ohio
Populated places established in 1832