Harrison Township is one of the fourteen townships of Perry County, Ohio, 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 Part of the census-designated place of Rose Farm, in the southeast along the border with Morgan County The unincorporated community of McLuney, also in the south
Name and history Harrison Township was organized in 1820, and named for William Henry Harrison, 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, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. 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.
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External links County website