Perry Township is one of the five
townships
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of
Lake County,
Ohio
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, United States. As of the
2020 census the population was 8,862.
Geography
Located in the northeastern part of the county along
Lake Erie
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, it borders the following townships:
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Madison Township - east
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LeRoy Township - south
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Concord Township - southwest corner
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Painesville Township - west
Two villages are located in Perry Township:
Perry
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in the center, and most of
North Perry in the northeast along the lakeshore.
According to the
U.S. Census Bureau
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, the township has a total area of , of which are land and , or 84.6%, are water.
The township boundaries extend north to the center of Lake Erie and the
Canadian border
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.
Name and history
It is one of 26
Perry Townships statewide.
The township was named to honor Oliver Hazard Perry, hero of the battle of Lake Erie.
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.
See also
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Interstate 90 Grand River bridges
The Interstate 90 Grand River bridges are two steel girder bridges in Lake County, Ohio, on the Leroy Township– Perry Township boundary southwest of Madison, carrying Interstate 90 (I-90) over the Grand River.
Former bridges
The I-9 ...
References
External links
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Lake County website
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Townships in Lake County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio