Perry Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
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Perry Township is one of the twenty-two
townships A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
of Tuscarawas 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 439 people in the township.


Geography

Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships: * Rush Township - north * Washington Township, Harrison County - northeast * Freeport Township, Harrison County - southeast * Washington Township, Guernsey County - south * Monroe Township, Guernsey County - southwest * Washington Township - west * Clay Township - northwest corner No municipalities are located in Perry Township.


Name and history

It is one of twenty-six Perry 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.


References


External links


County website
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