Perry Township, Shelby County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Perry Township, Shelby County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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image_caption = Countryside in eastern Perry Township, with Pemberton in the foreground


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map_caption = Municipalities, townships, and waterways of Shelby County


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

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area_total_km2 = 72.9
area_land_km2 = 72.9
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 28.1
area_land_sq_mi = 28.1
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1128
population_density_km2 = 15.5
population_density_sq_mi = 40.1

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 323
elevation_ft = 1060
latd = 40 |latm = 17 |lats = 11 |latNS = N
longd = 84 |longm = 4 |longs = 24 |longEW = W

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Perry Township is one of the fourteen townships of Shelby County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,128 people in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39149 Shelby County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Salem Township - north
*Miami Township, Logan County - northeast
*Adams Township, Champaign County - southeast
*Green Township - south
*Orange Township - southwest
*Clinton Township - west

A small portion of the city of Sidney, the county seat of Shelby County, is located in far western Perry Township, and the unincorporated community of Pemberton lies in the eastern 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.co.shelby.oh.us County website]