Harrisville Township is one of the seventeen townships of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,717 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the southwest part of the county, it borders the following townships: Chatham Township - north Lafayette Township - northeast corner Westfield Township - east Canaan Township, Wayne County - southeast Congress Township, Wayne County - south Homer Township - west Spencer Township - northwest corner
The village of Lodi is located in central Harrisville Township.
Name and history It is the only Harrisville Township 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.
References
External links County website