Harrison Township, Ohio
Municipalities and townships of Perry County.
Coordinates: 39°46′36″N 82°5′51″W / 39.77667, -82.0975
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Perry
Area
- Total	23. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The political units and divisions of the United States include The 50 states (four of these being officially styled as Commonwealths) which are typically Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads This is a list of the eighty-eight counties in the US state of Ohio. Perry County is a County located in the state of Ohio, United States. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 3 sq mi (60. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 3 km²)
- Land	23. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 2 sq mi (60. 2 km²)
- Water	0. 1 sq mi (0. 2 km²)
Elevation [1]	778 ft (237 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	5,399
- Density	232. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 4/sq mi (89. 7/km²)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code	39-33964[2]
GNIS feature ID	1086781[1]

Harrison Township is one of the fourteen townships of Perry County, Ohio, United States. The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America UTC−5 is the Time offset used in the North American Eastern Time Zone during Standard time and in the North American Central Time Zone during Daylight saving time ( DST UTC−4 is the Time offset used in the Atlantic Standard Time Zone in Canada in winter and the North American Eastern Time Zone during Federal Information Processing Standards ( FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the United States Federal government for use by all non-military The Geographic Names Information System ( GNIS) is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout A civil township is a widely used unit of Local government in the United States, subordinate to a county. Perry County is a County located in the state of Ohio, United States. Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The 2000 census found 5,399 people in the township, 1,745 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. ^[3]

Contents 1 Geography 2 Name and history 3 Government 4 References 5 External links

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
• The unincorporated community of Milligan, in the south

Name and history

It is one of nineteen Harrison Townships statewide. Newton Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. Clay Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. York Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. Pike Township is one of the fourteen townships of Perry County, Ohio, United States. Clayton Township is one of the fourteen townships of Perry County, Ohio, United States. Crooksville is a village in Perry County, Ohio, United States, along Moxahala Creek. Roseville is a village in Muskingum and Perry counties in the U In Law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any Municipality. Milligan is a small unincorporated community in southern Harrison Township, Perry County, Ohio, United States. Harrison Township Ohio may refer to Harrison Township Carroll County Ohio Harrison Township Champaign County Ohio

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 clerk, 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 clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References

External links

• County website

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