Perry Township, Brown County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Perry Township, Brown County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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image_caption = Countryside in central Perry Township, with Fayetteville in the middle


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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Brown County.


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Brown

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area_total_km2 = 153.4
area_land_km2 = 152.6
area_water_km2 = 0.7
area_total_sq_mi = 59.2
area_land_sq_mi = 58.9
area_water_sq_mi = 0.3

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 4830
population_density_km2 = 31.6
population_density_sq_mi = 82.0

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 286
elevation_ft = 938
latd = 39 |latm = 11 |lats = 21 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 56 |longs = 7 |longEW = W

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Perry Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,830 people in the township, 4,367 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39015 Brown County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the far northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Marion Township, Clinton County - north, west of Jefferson Township
*Jefferson Township, Clinton County - north, east of Marion Township
*Dodson Township, Highland County - east, north of Salem Township
*Salem Township, Highland County - east, south of Dodson Township
*Green Township - south, east of Sterling Township
*Sterling Township - south, west of Green Township
*Jackson Township, Clermont County - west, south of Wayne Township
*Wayne Township, Clermont County - west, north of Jackson Township

The most northerly township in Brown County, it is the only part of the county to border Clinton County.

Two incorporated villages are located in Perry Township: Fayetteville in the center, and St. Martin in the northeast.

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 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

* [http://www.county.brown.oh.us County website]