Perry Township, Pike County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Perry Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Pike County.


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

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area_total_km2 = 59.5
area_land_km2 = 59.5
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 23.0
area_land_sq_mi = 23.0
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 913
population_density_km2 = 15.3
population_density_sq_mi = 39.7

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 281
elevation_ft = 922
latd = 39 |latm = 9 |lats = 43 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 20 |longs = 2 |longEW = W

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Perry Township is one of the fourteen townships of Pike County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 913 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39131 Pike County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Paxton Township, Ross County - north
*Benton Township - east
*Mifflin Township - southeast
*Brushcreek Township, Highland County - west
*Paint Township, Highland County - northwest

No municipalities are located in Perry Township, although the unincorporated community of Cynthiana lies in the northwestern part of the 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 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.piketravel.com Pike County visitors bureau website]